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DESERVINGNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does deservingness mean? 

DESERVINGNESS (noun)
  The noun DESERVINGNESS has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: DESERVINGNESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DESERVINGNESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

deservingness; merit; meritoriousness

Context example:

there were many children whose deservingness he recognized and rewarded

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)


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