MERITORIOUSNESS as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance)
   Synonym(s)
   • deservingness (what does deservingness mean?)
   • merit (what does merit mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • there were many children whose deservingness he recognized and rewarded
   Hypernyms(s) meritoriousness is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • worthiness (what does worthiness mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • deserve (what does deserve mean?)
   • merit (what does merit mean?)