deservingnessn.
/dᵻˈzəːvɪŋnᵻs/, U.S. /dəˈzərvɪŋnᵻs/, /diˈzərvɪŋnᵻs/ Deserving quality, desert, merit; worthiness.
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the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > merit > [noun]
earningOE
meritc1230
meeda1387
ablenessa1425
meedfulness1530
meriting1549
desert1563
deservednessa1628
deservingness1631
meritoriousness1639
premiability1675
1631 J. Mabbe tr. F. de Rojas Spanish Bawd xii. 145 Growne to..a better deservingnesse in your selves.
1865 J. Grote Treat. Moral Ideals (1876) ii. 21 That virtue consisted in moral beauty, or in deservingness of human approbation.
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n.1631- to leave standing
- to leave standing still
- to leave the field
- to leave the field free
- to leave the field open
- to leave the field to
- to leave the key under the door
- to leave to a person's discretion
- to leave to her own purchase
- to leave to his own purchase
- to leave to his shifts
- to leave to it
- to leave to itself
- to leave to oneself
- to leave to stew in one's own juice
- to leave to stew, to let stew
- to leave to the mercies of
- to leave to the mercy of
- to leave to, be at the courtesy
- to leave to, be at the courtesy of
- to leave under fog
- to leave up
- to leave well
- to leave well alone
- to leave well enough alone