Definition: merited

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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

merited
     adj : properly earned or deserved; "a merited success" [ant: unmerited]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Merit \Mer"it\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Merited; p. pr. & vb. n.
   Meriting.] [F. m['e]riter, L. meritare, v. intens. fr.
   merere. See Merit, n.]
   1. To earn by service or performance; to have a right to
      claim as reward; to deserve; sometimes, to deserve in a
      bad sense; as, to merit punishment. ``This kindness merits
      thanks.'' --Shak.

   2. To reward. [R. & Obs.] --Chapman.