Definition of merit

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Merit (v. i.) To acquire desert; to gain value; to receive benefit; to profit.

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Pay :: Pay (v. t.) Hence, figuratively: To compensate justly; to requite according to merit; to reward; to punish; to retort or retaliate upon..
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..
Merit :: Merit (n.) To reward.
Demerit :: Demerit (n.) To depreciate or cry down.
Reader :: Reader (n.) One who reads manuscripts offered for publication and advises regarding their merit.
Worth :: Worth (a.) Value in respect of moral or personal qualities; excellence; virtue; eminence; desert; merit; usefulness; as, a man or magistrate of great worth..
Meed :: Meed (n.) Merit or desert; worth.
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..
Emeritus :: Emeritus (a.) Honorably discharged from the performance of public duty on account of age, infirmity, or long and faithful services; -- said of an officer of a college or pastor of a church..
Intrinsic :: Intrinsic (a.) Inward; internal; hence, true; genuine; real; essential; inherent; not merely apparent or accidental; -- opposed to extrinsic; as, the intrinsic value of gold or silver; the intrinsic merit of an action; the intrinsic worth or goodness of a person..
Self-important :: Self-important (a.) Having or manifesting an exaggerated idea of one's own importance or merit.
Demerit :: Demerit (v. i.) To deserve praise or blame.
Overmerit :: Overmerit (n.) Excessive merit.
Indignity :: Indignity (n.) Any action toward another which manifests contempt for him; an offense against personal dignity; unmerited contemptuous treatment; contumely; incivility or injury, accompanied with insult..
Immerit :: Immerit (n.) Want of worth; demerit.
Merithal :: Merithal (n.) Alt. of Merithallu.
Condignity :: Condignity (n.) Merit, acquired by works, which can claim reward on the score of general benevolence..
Emeriti :: Emeriti (pl. ) of Emeritu.
Self-importance :: Self-importance (n.) An exaggerated estimate of one's own importance or merit, esp. as manifested by the conduct or manners; self-conceit..
Testamur :: Testamur (n.) A certificate of merit or proficiency; -- so called from the Latin words, Ita testamur, with which it commences..
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