Hypertext Webster Gateway: "worthiness"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Worthiness \Wor"thi*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being worthy; desert; merit;
excellence; dignity; virtue; worth.

Who is sure he hath a soul, unless It see, and judge,
and follow worthiness? --Donne.

She is not worthy to be loved that hath not some
feeling of her own worthiness. --Sir P.
Sidney.

The prayers which our Savior made were for his own
worthiness accepted. --Hooker.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

worthiness
n : the quality or state of having merit or value [ant: {unworthiness}]


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