Hypertext Webster Gateway: "deservingness"
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
deservingness
n : the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance);
"there were many children whose deservingness he
recognized and rewarded" [syn: {merit}, {meritoriousness}]
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