deserving
noun1
desert, merit
- I here understand that value which every man puts upon his own deservings from the publick1711, Jonathan Swift, The Examiner, Number 30:
deserving
adjUS /dɪˈzɝvɪŋ/ · UK /dɪˈzɜːvɪŋ/
1
Worthy of reward or praise; meritorious.
- the deserving poor
2
Meriting, worthy (reward, punishment etc.)
- In the midst of a world war many centenaries pass unnoticed, but one which fell on August 2, namely, the opening of Fenchurch Street station, is deserving of record.1941 September, “Notes and News: The London & Blackwall Cable Railway”, in Railway Magazine, pages 424–425:
- Antonyms
- undeserving
- Derived terms
- deservingly, deservingness, nondeserving, undeserving