Deserved and Mandatory

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Deserved adjective - Being what is called for by accepted standards of right and wrong.

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Mandatory and deserved are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Mandatory" instead an adjective "Deserved".

Nearby Words: deserving, deservedly

Mandatory adjective - Forcing one's compliance or participation by or as if by law.

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Deserved and mandatory are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Deserved" instead an adjective "Mandatory".

Nearby Words: mandate, mandated, mandatary, mandating

Captain Bligh had a reputation for this, but it's not really deserved: Yes, he flogged his men, but it was only because flogging was the mandatory punishment in the British Navy at the time.

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