| NOUN | attribute | deservingness, merit, meritoriousness | the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance) |
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| Meaning | The quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance). | |
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| Example | "there were many children whose deservingness he recognized and rewarded" | |
| Synonyms | merit, meritoriousness | |
| Narrower | desert | (usually plural) a person's deservingness of or entitlement to reward or punishment |
| Broader | worthiness | The quality or state of having merit or value |
| Spanish | merecimiento, mérito | |
| Catalan | mereixement, mèrit | |
| Adjectives | deserving | worthy of being treated in a particular way |
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