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DESERVINGNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance)
Example:
there were many children whose deservingness he recognized and rewarded
Synonyms:
deservingness; merit; meritoriousness
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("deservingness" is a kind of...):
worthiness (the quality or state of having merit or value)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "deservingness"):
desert ((usually plural) a person's deservingness of or entitlement to reward or punishment)
Derivation:
deserving ((often used ironically) worthy of being treated in a particular way)
