Emeritus :: Emeritus (a.) Honorably discharged from the performance of public duty on account of age, infirmity, or long and faithful services; -- said of an officer of a college or pastor of a church..
Emeritus :: Emeritus (n.) A veteran who has honorably completed his service.
Merit :: Merit (n.) The quality or state of deserving well or ill; desert.
Merit :: Merit (n.) Esp. in a good sense: The quality or state of deserving well; worth; excellence.
Merit :: Merit (n.) Reward deserved; any mark or token of excellence or approbation; as, his teacher gave him ten merits..
Merit :: 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..