MERITORIOUSNESS
Dictionary entry overview: What does meritoriousness mean? • MERITORIOUSNESS (noun)
The noun MERITORIOUSNESS has 1 sense:
1. the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance)
Familiarity information: MERITORIOUSNESS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• MERITORIOUSNESS (noun)
Meaning:
The quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
deservingness; meritoriousness; merit
Context example:
there were many children whose deservingness he recognized and rewarded
Hypernyms ("meritoriousness" is a kind of...):
worthiness (the quality or state of having merit or value)
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