Deserving and Return

Deserving

Deserving adjective - Having sufficient worth or merit to receive one's honor, esteem, or reward.

Return and deserving are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Return" instead a noun "Deserving".

Nearby Words: deserved, deservedly

Return

Return noun - Something spoken or written in reaction especially to a question.

Deserving and return are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Deserving" instead a noun "Return".

Nearby Words: returned, returning, returnable, returnee, returner

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Hitman with a Heart One particular storyline had a Mafia boss that Tommy Monaghan had crossed agreeing to drop the vendetta in return for an unpaid hit... but Tommy quite reasonably figured that the boss would pick someone that Tommy wouldn't consider deserving of death as the boss's way of punishing Tommy.
  • Anime / Aquarion Evol Derailing Love Interests: Many people feel like Zessica was more caring about Amata than Mikono and was more deserving of him, since fans felt that Mikono was either a bad character herself or it just didn't seem like she cared about Amata enough to return his feelings.
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