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deserving

 adjective
     
de‧serv‧ing
1 needing help and support, especially financial support
deserving causes/cases
The National Lottery provides extra money for deserving causes.
2

be deserving of something

formal to deserve something:
Some criminals are more deserving of their punishment than others.
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