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DESERVING, ppr.

1. Meriting having a just claim to reward justly meriting punishment.
2. Worthy of reward or praise meritorious possessed of good qualities that entitle to approbation as a deserving officer.

DESERVING, n. The act of meriting desert merit.

If ye have done to him according to the deserving of his hands. Judges 9 .

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Entry for 'Deserving'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​kjd/​d/deserving.html.
 
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