1. Worthy of being treated in a particular way
   "the deserving poor"
   - worth

1. Be worthy or deserving
   "You deserve a promotion after all the hard work you have done"
   - merit

See also: deservingness, worthy

Type of: be

• Lichanura
• Lichanura trivirgata
• lichee
• lichen
• lichen planus
• lichen ruber planus
• Lichenales
• Lichenes
• lichenology
• lichenous
• lichgate
• lichi
• lichtenoid eczema
• Lichtenstein
• Licinius Lucullus
• licit
• licitly
• licitness
• lick
• licked
• licker
• lickerish
• lickety cut
• lickety split
• licking