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meritoriousness

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Meritorious  \Mer`i*to"ri*ous\,  a.  [L.  meritorius  that  brings  in 
  money.] 
  Possessing  merit;  deserving  of  reward  or  honor;  worthy  of 
  recompense;  valuable. 
 
  And  meritorious  shall  that  hand  be  called  Canonized, 
  and  worshiped  as  a  saint.  --Shak. 
  --  {Mer`i*to"ri*ous*ly},  adv  --  {Mer`i*to"ri*ous*ness},  n. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  meritoriousness 
  n  :  the  quality  of  being  deserving  (e.g.,  deserving  assistance); 
  "there  were  many  children  whose  deservingness  he 
  recognized  and  rewarded"  [syn:  {deservingness},  {merit}]




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