Definition of merit

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Merit (n.) Esp. in a good sense: The quality or state of deserving well; worth; excellence.

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Meritorious :: Meritorious (a.) Possessing merit; deserving of reward or honor; worthy of recompense; valuable.
Judge :: "Judge (v. i.) One who has skill, knowledge, or experience, sufficient to decide on the merits of a question, or on the quality or value of anything; one who discerns properties or relations with skill and readiness; a connoisseur; an expert; a critic..
Promerit :: Promerit (v. t.) To oblige; to confer a favor on.
Promerit :: Promerit (v. t.) To deserve; to procure by merit.
Appreciation :: Appreciation (n.) A just valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.; recognition of excellence..
Protomerite :: Protomerite (n.) The second segment of one of the Gregarinae.
Meed :: Meed (v. t.) To deserve; to merit.
Meritedly :: Meritedly (adv.) By merit; deservedly.
Merithal :: Merithal (n.) Alt. of Merithallu.
Criticise :: Criticise (v. t.) To express one's views as to the merit or demerit of; esp., to animadvert upon; to find fault with; as, to criticise conduct..
Purgatory :: Purgatory (n.) A state or place of purification after death; according to the Roman Catholic creed, a place, or a state believed to exist after death, in which the souls of persons are purified by expiating such offenses committed in this life as do not merit eternal damnation, or in which they fully satisfy the justice of God for sins that have been forgiven. After this purgation from the impurities of sin, the souls are believed to be received into heaven..
Worthiness :: Worthiness (n.) The quality or state of being worthy; desert; merit; excellence; dignity; virtue; worth.
Deserving :: Deserving (a.) Meritorious; worthy; as, a deserving person or act..
Worthily :: Worthily (adv.) In a worthy manner; excellently; deservedly; according to merit; justly; suitably; becomingly.
Jingle :: "Jingle (n.) A correspondence of sound in rhymes, especially when the verse has little merit; hence, the verse itself..
Meriting :: Meriting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Meri.
Deservedness :: Deservedness (n.) Meritoriousness.
Merited :: Merited (imp. & p. p.) of Meri.
Merithallus :: Merithallus (n.) Same as Internode.
Demerit :: Demerit (n.) That which deserves blame; ill desert; a fault; a vice; misconduct; -- the opposite of merit.
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