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merit
('m/E/r/I/t )

noun (n)

  • any admirable quality or attribute(noun.attribute)
    Example:
    Work of great merit.
    Synonym:
    virtue
    Antonym:
    demerit, fault
    source: wordnet30
  • the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance)(noun.attribute)
    Synonym:
    deservingness, meritoriousness
    source: wordnet30
  • The quality or state of deserving well or ill; desert.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • be worthy or deserving(verb.stative)
    Synonym:
    deserve
    source: wordnet30
  • 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.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To acquire desert; to gain value; to receive benefit; to profit.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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