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deserved(verb, adjective, good, correct, right)
10
earned(verb, adjective, suitable, expected)
9
proper(adjective, good, correct, right, reasonable)
7
just(adjective, good, correct, right, reasonable)
7
justified(adjective, correct, proper, suitable)
7
right(adjective, good, right, fair)
6
condign(adjective, good, correct, right, reasonable)
6
due(adjective, good, correct, right, reasonable)
6
fit(adjective, good, right, fair)
6
fitting(adjective, correct, right, reasonable, fit)
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rightful(adjective, good, correct, right, reasonable)
5
suitable(adjective, correct, right, fit)
3
meet(adjective, good, correct, fit)
3
fair(adjective, correct, honest, proper)
3
requisite(adjective, good, correct, right, reasonable)
2
equitable(adjective, correct, honest, fair)
2
good(adjective, right, reasonable, fit)
2
right and proper(expression, idiom, suitable, fitting)
1
acceptable(good, fit, apposite)
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advisable(good, fit, acceptable, apposite)
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