deserve
v.v. to have earned something because of your actions or qualities. You use this when you think someone should get a reward or a punishment based on what they did.
v. to be worthy of or have a right to something, whether good or bad, based on previous actions or inherent qualities. Transitive — requires a direct object or an infinitive phrase.
You worked hard all week and deserve a rest.
After years of dedicated service to the local community, the retiring doctor certainly deserves this recognition.
Whether a convicted criminal deserves a second chance is a question that sits at the heart of most modern debates regarding restorative justice and prison reform.
From Middle English deserven, from Old French deservir, from Latin dēserviō, from dē- + serviō.
The verb is transitive and can take a noun phrase or a 'to-infinitive' as its object. It is rarely used in the continuous (progressive) form.
He is deserving a promotion.He deserves a promotion.Deserve is a stative verb and is generally not used in the continuous '-ing' form.