Deserving

n.	1.	Desert; merit. A person of great deservings from the republic. - Swift.
a.	1.	Meritorious; worthy; as, a deserving person or act.

Adj.

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deserving - having sufficient worth; "an idea worth considering"; "a cause deserving or meriting support"; "the deserving poor" (often used ironically) Synonyms: meriting, worth

admirable, ascribable, attributable, beyond all praise, comeuppance, commendable, creditable, deserts, due, entitled to, estimable, exemplary, laudable, merit, merited, meriting, meritorious, model, praiseworthy, rights, unexceptionable, well-deserving, worthy, worthy of