Meritoriousness

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The state or quality of being meritorious, or of deserving reward or honor.
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  • noun. The property of being meritorious.
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  • noun. the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance)
    • Word Usage
    "This gives what Bentham calls the 'meritoriousness' [402] of the disposition."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    worthiness  
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