worthiness
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4.7
- noun
- /ˈwɜrðɪnəs/
:
valía
- Her actions demonstrated her worthiness for the scholarship, impressing the committee.
- prove his worthiness
- spiritual worthiness
- determine the worthiness
People don't need to achieve worthiness or that's all a lie.
- People don't need to achieve worthiness or that's all a lie.
- For me, the worthiness thing shows up in love.
- It never fills that emptiness that my sense of lack of worthiness creates.
- And what I've discovered is that you're born worthy and that worthiness never leaves you.
- When you get that true sense of worthiness.
- I have a greater sense of worthiness because I took action in this area.
- And that there's enormous sense of worthiness in there, but it's not comparative.
- Your value is your dignity, also known as your worthiness.
- Because I had deep rooted issues about self worthiness.
- And we go into this spiral of negative emotions and it knocks down our worthiness.
- Remember, vulnerability is powerful when you own it and it comes from a place of worthiness, confidence and ownership.
- The sense of lack of worthiness that emanates from the childhood schemas is absorbed and becomes a worldview.
Examples
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In the absence of any notable accomplishment, the mere perception of ability can indicate worthiness.
Academic text (1995) -
I wasn't sure of my worthiness, sir.
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I have a greater sense of worthiness because I took action in this area.
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When I went to school, I was important and that is where my sense of self and worthiness came from.
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I have decided to allow her an opportunity... ...to prove her worthiness before us all.
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It's a matter of my own worthiness.
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I will not try to convince you of the worthiness of our cause.
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There is no evidence to support this view, and considerable evidence suggests his worthiness.
Academic text (1994) -
And what I've discovered is that you're born worthy and that worthiness never leaves you.
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And that there's enormous sense of worthiness in there, but it's not comparative.
Synonyms
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3.5
A quality that shows someone deserves praise or a reward
Deserving praise or a reward
Being worthy of a reward or punishment
Being worthy of help, reward, or attention
The quality of being worthy of praise or recognition for an achievement
The quality of being worthy of praise
A quality that makes a person or action worthy of praise
Being admired for good or brave actions
Being worthy of deep respect and honour
Antonyms
How Worthy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Worthiness comes from the old English part worth, which means 'value', and the ending -ness turns a word into a quality or state. So worthiness is the 'state of having value' or 'being deserving'.