worthinessnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈwɜː.ði.nəs/us/ˈwɝː.ði.nəs/worthiness noun [ U ] (SUITABLE)
how suitable someone or something is:
She persuaded the board of her worthiness to run the company.
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Suitable and acceptable
- able
- acceptable
- accepted
- accordingly
- age-appropriate
- correct
- doctor
- felicitous
- fit in
- fit in with sth
- fitting
- germane
- horse
- keeping
- rightly
- satisfaction
- seasonable
- seemly
- sit right/well (with sb) idiom
- valid
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worthiness noun [ U ] (DESERVING RESPECT)
formal the quality of deserving respect or attention:
the worthiness of a project/cause/aim
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Virtue and moral good
- altruism
- angel
- angelic
- be as pure as the driven snow idiom
- be on the side of the angels idiom
- clean
- goodness
- lily-white
- moral
- nobility
- noble
- principled
- pure
- selfless
- spinach
- straight
- the road to hell is paved with good intentions idiom
- the straight and narrow idiom
- unselfish
- virtue
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