[ noun ] the quality or state of having merit or value <noun.attribute>
Worthiness \Wor"thi*ness\, n. The quality or state of being worthy; desert; merit; excellence; dignity; virtue; worth.
Who is sure he hath a soul, unless It see, and judge, and follow worthiness? --Donne.
She is not worthy to be loved that hath not some feeling of her own worthiness. --Sir P. Sidney.
The prayers which our Savior made were for his own worthiness accepted. --Hooker.
Sen. Dan Quayle, scheduled to become the Republican vice presidential nominee tonight, is discovering that he has a tough task persuading his party of his worthiness for the job.
"We're trying to introduce a more flexible assessment of credit worthiness," said James Johnson, Fannie Mae's chairman and chief executive officer.
Redlining, which is prohibited by federal law, is the refusal to lend on the basis of race or other factors unrelated to credit worthiness.
Mr. Harper expressed confidence that he and Mr. Baum can convince the board of their worthiness to run the company.
July 16 The Daily Union, Junction City, Kan., on the moon landing anniversary: The tax dollars spent on the U.S. space program have been subject to debate from time to time as to its worthiness and place in the national budget.
Although the FAA has authority to inspect foreign carriers, under international practice, the United States usually just accepts a foreign country's word about crew qualifications and planes' worthiness.
Under the GMAC Quality Finance Plan, a buyer provides a credit history to the finance officer at a GM dealership and the buyer's credit worthiness is determined.