Definition of merit

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Merit (n.) Reward deserved; any mark or token of excellence or approbation; as, his teacher gave him ten merits..

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Plutus :: Plutus (n.) The son of Jason and Ceres, and the god of wealth. He was represented as bearing a cornucopia, and as blind, because his gifts were bestowed without discrimination of merit..
Modesty :: Modesty (n.) The quality or state of being modest; that lowly temper which accompanies a moderate estimate of one's own worth and importance; absence of self-assertion, arrogance, and presumption; humility respecting one's own merit..
Superiorly :: Superiority (n.) The quality, state, or condition of being superior; as, superiority of rank; superiority in merit..
Esteem :: Esteem (v. t.) Estimation; opinion of merit or value; hence, valuation; reckoning; price..
Deservedness :: Deservedness (n.) Meritoriousness.
Desertful :: Desertful (a.) Meritorious.
Reader :: Reader (n.) One who reads manuscripts offered for publication and advises regarding their merit.
Adulation :: Adulation (n.) Servile flattery; praise in excess, or beyond what is merited..
Overmerit :: Overmerit (n.) Excessive merit.
Criticise :: Criticise (v. t.) To express one's views as to the merit or demerit of; esp., to animadvert upon; to find fault with; as, to criticise conduct..
Earn :: Earn (v. t.) To merit or deserve, as by labor or service; to do that which entitles one to (a reward, whether the reward is received or not)..
Superior :: Superior (a.) Higher or greater in excellence; surpassing others in the greatness, or value of any quality; greater in quality or degree; as, a man of superior merit; or of superior bravery..
Merit :: Merit (n.) The quality or state of deserving well or ill; desert.
Demerit :: Demerit (n.) To depreciate or cry down.
Premerit :: Premerit (v. t.) To merit or deserve beforehand.
Virtue :: Virtue (n.) Excellence; value; merit; meritoriousness; worth.
Nepotism :: Nepotism (n.) Undue attachment to relations; favoritism shown to members of one's family; bestowal of patronage in consideration of relationship, rather than of merit or of legal claim..
Blameful :: Blameful (a.) Faulty; meriting blame.
Protomerite :: Protomerite (n.) The second segment of one of the Gregarinae.
Indignity :: Indignity (n.) Any action toward another which manifests contempt for him; an offense against personal dignity; unmerited contemptuous treatment; contumely; incivility or injury, accompanied with insult..
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