deservingness

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noun

the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance)
- there were many children whose deservingness he recognized and rewarded
• Syn:
merit, meritoriousness
• Derivationally related forms:
meritorious (for: meritoriousness), meritorious (for: merit), merit (for: merit), deserving
• Hypernyms:
worthiness