'Worthiness' definitions:
Definition of 'worthiness'
(from WordNet)
noun
The quality or state of having merit or value [ant: unworthiness]
Definition of 'Worthiness'
From: GCIDE
- Worthiness \Wor"thi*ness\, n. The quality or state of being worthy; desert; merit; excellence; dignity; virtue; worth. [1913 Webster]
- Who is sure he hath a soul, unless It see, and judge, and follow worthiness? --Donne. [1913 Webster]
- She is not worthy to be loved that hath not some feeling of her own worthiness. --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster]
- The prayers which our Savior made were for his own worthiness accepted. --Hooker. [1913 Webster]