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v. Present participle of merit.

Deserving.

"The contemplation of this present life, however, has some accompanying imperfection, and consequently there is room for improvement; hence such contemplation does not destroy the idea of meriting but makes increase of merit in proportion as Divine charity is more and more exercised."

demerit   

merited    meriting    merits   

worthiness    worth   

certificate of merit    order for merit    order of merit    merit of condignity    figure of merit   

meritorious    meritoriousness    meritoriously   

meritocratic    merited    meritocracy    merit-based   

desert    worth    excellence    reward    profit    duel    worthy    value   

Garratt    Jarrett    beret    carat    carrot    demerit    ferret    inherit    karat    parrot   

virtue    importance    excellence    talent    achievement    advantage    dignity    success    wealth    honour