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English to English noun
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any admirable quality or attribute |  | Example: work of great merit
source: wordnet30
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the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance) | | Example: there were many children whose deservingness he recognized and rewarded
source: wordnet30
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The quality or state of deserving well or ill; desert. | | source: webster1913 verb
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be worthy or deserving | | Example: You deserve a promotion after all the hard work you have done
source: wordnet30
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To earn by service or performance; to have a right to claim as reward; to deserve; sometimes, to deserve in a bad sense; as, to merit punishment. | | source: webster1913
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To acquire desert; to gain value; to receive benefit; to profit. | | source: webster1913
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