Meritorious

//ˌmɛɹɪˈtɔɹi.əs// adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Deserving of merit or commendation; deserving reward.

    "The policeman received the Award of Meritorious Service from his grateful department."

Adjective
  1. 1
    deserving reward or praise wordnet

Synonyms

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worthyadmirableascribableattributablebeyond all praisecommendable

Example

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"But the case nevertheless is, that those things derive their origin from the proxysm of the crucifixion, and the theory deduced therefrom, which was, that one person could stand in the place of another, and could perform meritorious services for him."

Etymology

From Middle English meritorious, borrowed between 1375 and 1425 from Latin meritōrius (“earning money”), from meritus, past participle of mereō (“to earn”).

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