1. merited - Adjective
2. merited - Verb
of Merit
Source: Webster's dictionaryWar was never so careful as to inflict suffering only where it was merited. Orson Scott Card
My first thought was that a man who had come through a collision and rubbed shoulders with death merited more attention than I received. Jack London
In masks outrageous and austere, The years go by in single file; But none has merited my fear, And none has quite escaped my smile. Elinor Wylie
It was of no use. That particular sort of coward and evader he was not, and he lay abed facing all his sins, all his slacknesses, and the merited punishment by a just and angry God. Sinclair Lewis
I am a naturalized U.S. citizen, which means that, unlike native-born citizens, I had to prove to the U.S. government that I merited citizenship. Bharati Mukherjee
Yes, young men, Italy owes to you an undertaking which has merited the applause of the universe. You have conquered and you will conquer still, because you are prepared for the tactics that decide the fate of battles. Giuseppe Garibaldi