The Collaborative International Dictionary
Deservedness
Deservedness \De*serv"ed*ness\, n. Meritoriousness.
Wiktionary
deservedness
n. The state or quality of being deserved.
Usage examples of "deservedness".
But what good was progress if it led to callousness, cruelty, cold judgments about deservedness, a degradation of the godly spark in all of us?
Karen had learned long ago not to believe in the concept of deservedness, but if anyone deserved success it was Doug.