Word Meanings - MERITABLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Deserving of reward.

REWARDFUL
Yielding reward.
DESERVEDNESS
Meritoriousness.
DESERVE
1. To earn by service; to be worthy of (something due, either good or evil); to merit; to be entitled to; as, the laborer deserves his wages; a work of value deserves praise. God exacteth of thee less than thine iniquity deserveth. Job xi. 6. John
DESERVEDLY
According to desert ; justly.
REWARDLESS
Having, or affording, no reward.
REWARD
To give in return, whether good or evil; -- commonly in a good sense; to requite; to recompense; to repay; to compensate. After the deed that is done, one doom shall reward, Mercy or no mercy as truth will accord. Piers Plowman. Thou hast rewarded
DESERVING
Desert; merit. A person of great deservings from the republic. Swift.
REWARDABLE
Worthy of reward. -- Re*ward"a*ble*ness, n. -- Re*ward"a*bly, adv.
DESERVER
One who deserves.
REWARDER
One who rewards.
SHOREWARD
Toward the shore.
UNDESERVER
One of no merit; one who is nor deserving or worthy. Shak.
UNDESERVE
To fail to deserve. Milton.
FIREWARDEN
An officer who has authority to direct in the extinguishing of fires, or to order what precautions shall be taken against fires; -- called also fireward.
SUPERREWARD
To reward to an excessive degree. Bacon.
FOREWARD
The van; the front. My foreward shall be drawn out all in length, Consisting equally of horse and foot. Shak.
REREWARD
The rear quard of an army.