Worthiness
['wɝðɪnɪs]
Definition
(n.) The quality or state of being worthy; desert; merit; excellence; dignity; virtue; worth.
Editor: Rena
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Merit, WORTH.
Edited by Hamilton
Examples
- Where the goodness or talent of your friend is beyond and above all doubt, your own worthiness to be his associate often becomes a matter of question. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- If there is in Ginevra one spark of worthiness of your affection, she will--she _must_ feel devotion in return. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Was it her fault that she had believed in him--had believed in his worthiness? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
Typist: Silvia