Deserved
Deserved adjective - Being what is called for by accepted standards of right and wrong.
Okay and deserved are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Okay" instead an adjective "Deserved".
Nearby Words: deserving, deservedly
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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And while it's not okay for a woman to kill a man even if he deserved it, it is obviously okay for a man to kill a woman.
Source: Literature / Nibelungenlied - And it was presented as completely okay and their opponents were supposed to have deserved it somehow.
Source: Designated Hero -
Everyone, including his own superiors, agreed that said officer really deserved it, but that still didn't make it okay.
Source: Mildly Military
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Okay and Deserved. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/deserved/okay
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