Merit(n.) The quality or state of deserving well or ill; desert.
Merit(n.) Esp. in a good sense: The quality or state of deserving well; worth; excellence.
Merit(n.) Reward deserved; any mark or token of excellence or approbation; as, his teacher gave him ten merits.
Merit(n.) 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.
Merit(n.) To reward.
Merit(v. i.) To acquire desert; to gain value; to receive benefit; to profit.
Meritable(a.) Deserving of reward.
Merited(imp. & p. p.) of Merit
Meritedly(adv.) By merit; deservedly.
Meriting(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Merit
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