worthiness
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4.7
- noun
- /ˈwɜrðɪnəs/
- Her actions demonstrated her worthiness for the scholarship, impressing the committee.
- prove his worthiness
- spiritual worthiness
- determine the worthiness
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Watch on YouTubePeople 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
262
3.5
A quality that shows someone deserves praise or a reward
1
6.8
The quality of being worthy of praise or recognition for an achievement
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8.4
Being worthy of help, reward, or attention
1
8.7
Being worthy of deep respect and honour
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7.5
Being admired for good or brave actions
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7.4
Being worthy of a reward or punishment
Deserving praise or a reward
The quality of being worthy of praise
A quality that makes a person or action worthy of praise
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'.