NOUN | attribute | meritoriousness, deservingness, merit | 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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Synonyms | deservingness, merit | |
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 | meritorious | deserving reward or praise |
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