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

Worthiness :: Worthiness (n.) The quality or state of being worthy; desert; merit; excellence; dignity; virtue; worth.

Condignly :: Condignly (adv.) According to merit.

Meedful :: Meedful (a.) Worthy of meed, reward, or recompense; meritorious..

Modesty :: Modesty (n.) The quality or state of being modest; that lowly temper which accompanies a moderate estimate of one's own worth and importance; absence of self-assertion, arrogance, and presumption; humility respecting one's own merit..

Self-important :: Self-important (a.) Having or manifesting an exaggerated idea of one's own importance or merit.

Meritable :: Meritable (a.) Deserving of reward.

Promerit :: Promerit (v. t.) To deserve; to procure by merit.

Merit :: 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..

Desert :: Desert (n.) That which is deserved; the reward or the punishment justly due; claim to recompense, usually in a good sense; right to reward; merit..

Meritot :: Meritot (n.) A play of children, in swinging on ropes, or the like, till they are dizzy..

Gratuitous :: Gratuitous (a.) Given without an equivalent or recompense; conferred without valuable consideration; granted without pay, or without claim or merit; not required by justice..

Demerit :: Demerit (n.) That which one merits or deserves, either of good or ill; desert..

Approvable :: Approvable (a.) Worthy of being approved; meritorious.

Testamur :: Testamur (n.) A certificate of merit or proficiency; -- so called from the Latin words, Ita testamur, with which it commences..

Immerited :: Immerited (a.) Unmerited.

Medalist :: Medalist (n.) One who has gained a medal as the reward of merit.

Meed :: Meed (n.) That which is bestowed or rendered in consideration of merit; reward; recompense.

Pay :: Pay (v. t.) Hence, figuratively: To compensate justly; to requite according to merit; to reward; to punish; to retort or retaliate upon..

Temeration :: Temeration (n.) Temerity.

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