Deserve and Justify

Deserve

Deserve verb - To be or make worthy of (as a reward or punishment).

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Justify and deserve are semantically related. in merit topic. In some cases you can use "Justify" instead a verb "Deserve", when it comes to topics like be entitled to.

Justify

Justify verb - To be an acceptable reason for.

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Deserve and justify are semantically related. You can use "Deserve" instead a verb "Justify".

Nearby Words: justification, justifiable, justified, justifying

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Common collocations

power	deserve power	justify power
life	deserve life	justify life
position	deserve position	justify position
name	deserve name	justify name
Other words: status, treatment, amount, death, time, title, abuse, rating.

Both words in one sentence

While it doesn't justify anything she did in the episode, she didn't do much to deserve that.

Source: Characters / Friendship Is Magic: Redeemed
Karmic Thief: The hustlers generally target people who deserve it, partly to justify their crimes to themselves since otherwise they are in it just for the thrill and the money.

Source: Series / Hustle
When Princess Luna finds out, she is appalled that Celestia would break her word, while Celestia tries to justify it by saying the murderer doesn't deserve anything.

Source: The Oath-Breaker