Definition of deserving

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Deserving (a.) Meritorious; worthy; as, a deserving person or act..

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Respectable :: Respectable (a.) Worthy of respect; fitted to awaken esteem; deserving regard; hence, of good repute; not mean; as, a respectable citizen..
Admirable :: Admirable (a.) Having qualities to excite wonder united with approbation; deserving the highest praise; most excellent; -- used of persons or things.
Blacklist :: Blacklist (v. t.) To put in a black list as deserving of suspicion, censure, or punishment; esp. to put in a list of persons stigmatized as insolvent or untrustworthy, -- as tradesmen and employers do for mutual protection; as, to blacklist a workman who has been discharged. See Black list, under Black, a..
Deserving :: Deserving (a.) Meritorious; worthy; as, a deserving person or act..
Compassionable :: Compassionable (a.) Deserving compassion or pity; pitiable.
Disciplinable :: Disciplinable (a.) Liable or deserving to be disciplined; subject to disciplinary punishment; as, a disciplinable offense..
Blameworthy :: Blameworthy (a.) Deserving blame; culpable; reprehensible.
Valuable :: Valuable (a.) Worthy; estimable; deserving esteem; as, a valuable friend; a valuable companion..
Contemptible :: Contemptible (a.) Worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean; vile; despicable.
Denounce :: Denounce (v. t.) To point out as deserving of reprehension or punishment, etc.; to accuse in a threatening manner; to invoke censure upon; to stigmatize..
Emphatical :: Emphatical (a.) Uttered with emphasis; made prominent and impressive by a peculiar stress of voice; laying stress; deserving of stress or emphasis; forcible; impressive; strong; as, to remonstrate in am emphatic manner; an emphatic word; an emphatic tone; emphatic reasoning..
Meritable :: Meritable (a.) Deserving of reward.
Pitiable :: Pitiable (a.) Deserving pity; wworthy of, or exciting, compassion; miserable; lamentable; piteous; as, pitiable persons; a pitiable condition; pitiable wretchedness..
Excommunicable :: Excommunicable (a.) Liable or deserving to be excommunicated; making excommunication possible or proper.
Discommendable :: Discommendable (a.) Deserving, disapprobation or blame..
Damnableness :: Damnableness (n.) The state or quality of deserving damnation; execrableness.
Chastisable :: Chastisable (a.) Capable or deserving of chastisement; punishable.
Infamous :: Infamous (a.) Causing or producing infamy; deserving detestation; scandalous to the last degree; as, an infamous act; infamous vices; infamous corruption..
Culpable :: Culpable (a.) Deserving censure; worthy of blame; faulty; immoral; criminal.
Thankful :: Thankful (a.) Obtaining or deserving thanks; thankworthy.
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