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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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