1. Worthy of being treated in a particular way
   "the deserving poor"
   - worth

1. Be worthy or deserving
   "You deserve a promotion after all the hard work you have done"
   - merit

See also: deservingness, worthy

Type of: be

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• xylene
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• Xylocopa
• xylography
• xylol
• Xylomelum
• Xylomelum pyriforme
• xylophone
• xylophonist
• Xylopia
• Xylopia aethiopica
• xylose
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• Xylosma congestum
• Xyphophorus
• Xyphophorus helleri
• Xyridaceae
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• Xyris
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