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meritorious
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synonyms: meedful ???
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Definition:Possessing merit; deserving of reward or honor; worthy of recompense; valuable.Noah Webster. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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acts as raping, looting, the slaughter of children, the reduction of whole populations to slavery, and reprisals against prisoners which extend even to boiling and burying alive, are looked upon as normal, and, when they are committed by one’s own side and not by the enemy, meritorious.
George Orwell. 1984 (1949)
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In the First Congress, Madison contended that if a president abused his removal powers by “wanton removal of meritorious officers” he would be “impeachable … for such an act of maladministration.”
Akhil Reed Amar. America's Constitution: A Biography (2005)
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The sound of our pens going refreshed us exceedingly, insomuch that I sometimes found it difficult to distinguish between this edifying business proceeding and actually paying the money. In point of meritorious character, the two things seemed about equal.
Charles Dickens. Great Expectations (1861)
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“We’ll make an award. What were they supposed to be for, meritorious service and bravery?”
John Kennedy Toole. A Confederacy of Dunces (1980)
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as if he felt himself the principal object of merit in a highly meritorious museum.
Charles Dickens. David Copperfield (1850)
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