Definition as Noun

• the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance)

Definition as Noun

• a particular moral excellence
• morality with respect to sexual relations
• any admirable quality or attribute
• the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong

• deservingness, merit

• chastity, sexual morality

• merit

• virtuousness, moral excellence

• "there were many children whose deservingness he recognized and rewarded"

• "work of great merit"

• Meritoriousness vs deservingness
• Meritoriousness vs merit
• Meritoriousness vs chastity
• Meritoriousness vs sexual morality
• Meritoriousness vs virtuousness
• Meritoriousness vs moral excellence

• Virtue vs deservingness
• Virtue vs merit
• Virtue vs chastity
• Virtue vs sexual morality
• Virtue vs virtuousness
• Virtue vs moral excellence