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Definition :

Deserve, 'deserve' means 'to have a rightful claim' or 'a just claim', Hameedia Hardware Stores v. B. Mohanlal Sowcar, AIR 1988 SC 1060 (1061): (1988) 2 SCC 513.

--To be entitled to by merit, to warrant, be worthy of, to be worthy of reward, justly, accordingly to what is deserved.