Definition of merit

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Merit (n.) To earn by service or performance; to have a right to claim as reward; to deserve; sometimes, to deserve in a bad sense; as, to merit punishment..

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Virtue :: Virtue (n.) Excellence; value; merit; meritoriousness; worth.
Blameful :: Blameful (a.) Faulty; meriting blame.
Merit :: Merit (n.) To reward.
Superior :: Superior (a.) Higher or greater in excellence; surpassing others in the greatness, or value of any quality; greater in quality or degree; as, a man of superior merit; or of superior bravery..
Merited :: Merited (imp. & p. p.) of Meri.
Merithallus :: Merithallus (n.) Same as Internode.
Meritmonger :: Meritmonger (n.) One who depends on merit for salvation.
Justice :: "Justice (a.) Conformity to truth and reality in expressing opinions and in conduct; fair representation of facts respecting merit or demerit; honesty; fidelity; impartiality; as, the justice of a description or of a judgment; historical justice..
Demerit :: Demerit (v. i.) To deserve praise or blame.
Adulation :: Adulation (n.) Servile flattery; praise in excess, or beyond what is merited..
Meed :: Meed (n.) That which is bestowed or rendered in consideration of merit; reward; recompense.
Promerit :: Promerit (v. t.) To oblige; to confer a favor on.
Merit :: Merit (n.) The quality or state of deserving well or ill; desert.
Merit :: Merit (n.) Esp. in a good sense: The quality or state of deserving well; worth; excellence.
Indulgence :: Indulgence (n.) Remission of the temporal punishment due to sins, after the guilt of sin has been remitted by sincere repentance; absolution from the censures and public penances of the church. It is a payment of the debt of justice to God by the application of the merits of Christ and his saints to the contrite soul through the church. It is therefore believed to diminish or destroy for sins the punishment of purgatory..
Demerit :: Demerit (n.) The state of one who deserves ill.
Poor :: Poor (superl.) Destitute of beauty, fitness, or merit; as, a poor discourse; a poor picture..
Meritot :: Meritot (n.) A play of children, in swinging on ropes, or the like, till they are dizzy..
Undeserver :: Undeserver (n.) One of no merit; one who is nor deserving or worthy.
Pension :: Pension (n.) A stated allowance to a person in consideration of past services; payment made to one retired from service, on account of age, disability, or other cause; especially, a regular stipend paid by a government to retired public officers, disabled soldiers, the families of soldiers killed in service, or to meritorious authors, or the like..
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