Merit

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Superior quality or worth; excellence: a proposal of some merit; an ill-advised plan without merit.
  • n. A quality deserving praise or approval; virtue: a store having the merit of being open late.
  • n. Demonstrated ability or achievement: promotions based on merit alone.
  • n. An aspect of character or behavior deserving approval or disapproval. Often used in the plural: judging people according to their merits.
  • n. Christianity Spiritual credit granted for good works.
  • n. Law A party's strict legal rights, excluding jurisdictional, personal, or technical aspects.
  • n. The factual content of a matter, apart from emotional, contextual, or formal considerations.
  • v. To earn; deserve. See Synonyms at earn1.
  • verb-intransitive. To be worthy or deserving: Pupils are rewarded or corrected, as they merit.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Something deserving good recognition.
  • n. Something worthy of a high rating.
  • n. A claim to commendation or reward.
  • n. The quality of deserving reward.
  • v. To earn or to deserve.
  • v. To be worthy or deserving.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The quality or state of deserving well or ill; desert.
  • n. The quality or state of deserving well; worth; excellence.
  • n. Reward deserved; any mark or token of excellence or approbation.
  • v. To earn by service or performance; to have a right to claim as reward; to deserve; sometimes, to deserve in a bad sense.
  • v. To reward.
  • verb-intransitive. To acquire desert; to gain value; to receive benefit; to profit.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. That which is deserved; honor or reward due; recompense or consideration deserved.
  • n. The state or fact of deserving; desert, good or bad; intrinsic ground of consideration or award: most commonly in the plural: as, to treat a person according to his merits.
  • n. Specifically The state or fact of deserving well; good desert; worthiness of reward or consideration.
  • n. Good quality in general; excellence.
  • n. That which deserves consideration or reward; ground of desert; claim to notice or commendation: as, to enumerate the merits of a person, a book, or a scheme.
  • n. plural In law, the right and wrong of a ease; the strict legal or equitable rights of the parties, as distinguished from questions of procedure and matters resting in judicial discretion or favor; essential facts and principles that lead to an opinion clear of personal bias: as, to judge a case on its merits.
  • To deserve; earn a right or incur a liability to; be or become deserving of: as, to merit reward or punishment.
  • To deserve as a reward; earn by commendable action or conduct.
  • To reward.
  • Synonyms and See desert, n.
  • To acquire merit, benefit, or profit.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance)
  • n. any admirable quality or attribute
  • v. be worthy or deserving
  • Antonym
    demerit   
    Verb Form
    merited    meriting    merits   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    worthiness    worth   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    desert    worth    excellence    reward    profit    duel    worthy    value   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Garratt    Jarrett    beret    carat    carrot    demerit    ferret    inherit    karat    parrot   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    virtue    importance    excellence    talent    achievement    advantage    dignity    success    wealth    honour