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    MERITORIOUSNESS

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance)play

    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 ("meritoriousness" is a kind of...):

    worthiness (the quality or state of having merit or value)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "meritoriousness"):

    desert ((usually plural) a person's deservingness of or entitlement to reward or punishment)

    Derivation:

    meritorious (deserving reward or praise)

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