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

• Cardamine
• Cardamine bulbifera
• Cardamine bulbosa
• Cardamine diphylla
• Cardamine douglasii
• Cardamine pratensis
• Cardamine rotundifolia
• cardamom
• cardamon
• cardamum
• cardboard
• cardboard city
• cardcase
• cardcastle
• carder
• cardholder
• cardhouse
• cardia
• cardiac
• Berberis canadensis
• Berberis thunbergii
• Berberis vulgaris
• Berbers
• berceuse
• Bercy