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The quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance)
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meritoriousness
Word definitions for meritoriousness in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Meritorious \Mer`i*to"ri*ous\, a. [L. meritorius that brings in money.] Possessing merit; deserving of reward or honor; worthy of recompense; valuable. And meritorious shall that hand be called, Canonized, and worshiped as a saint. --Shak. [1913 Webster] ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The property of being meritorious.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance); "there were many children whose deservingness he recognized and rewarded" [syn: deservingness , merit ]
Usage examples of meritoriousness.
He commanded the Bramins to deliver every day to the troops discourses on the meritoriousness of slaughtering the mahummedans, in order to excite zeal for expelling them.