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n. A quality or characteristic deserving of blame or censure; a fault.

n. Absence of merit.

n. A mark made against one's record for a fault or for misconduct.

n. A quality of being inadequate; a fault; a disadvantage

n. A mark given for bad conduct to a person attending an educational institution or serving in the army.

v. To deserve.

n. That which one merits or deserves, either of good or ill; desert.

n. That which deserves blame; ill desert; a fault; a vice; misconduct; -- the opposite of merit.

n. The state of one who deserves ill.

v. To deserve; -- said in reference to both praise and blame.

v. To depreciate or cry down.

verb-intransitive. To deserve praise or blame.

To deserve; merit; earn.

To deserve to lose from lack of merit or desert.

To be deserving; deserve.

n. That which one merits; desert.

To lower the merit of; discredit; depreciate.

n. That which merits ill; censurable conduct; wrong-doing; ill desert: opposed to merit.

n. the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection

n. a mark against a person for misconduct or failure; usually given in school or armed forces

"I never thought of this business of merit and demerit, which is able to change our lives in the twinkling of an eye, and which actually brought me down to a pretty low estate."

merit   

worth    stigma    brand    mark    stain   

demerit mark   

demerit point   

desert    fault    vice    misconduct    deserve    merit    indesert    undesert    ill desert    underserve   

Garratt    Jarrett    beret    carat    carrot    ferret    inherit    karat    merit    parrot   

culpability    imperturbation    undutifulness    contumacy    misbehavior    dereliction