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Better :: Better (n.) One who has a claim to precedence; a superior, as in merit, social standing, etc.; -- usually in the plural..

Justice :: "Justice (a.) Conformity to truth and reality in expressing opinions and in conduct; fair representation of facts respecting merit or demerit; honesty; fidelity; impartiality; as, the justice of a description or of a judgment; historical justice..

Meed :: Meed (n.) That which is bestowed or rendered in consideration of merit; reward; recompense.

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..

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..

Demerit :: Demerit (n.) That which one merits or deserves, either of good or ill; desert..

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..

Retribution :: Retribution (n.) That which is given in repayment or compensation; return suitable to the merits or deserts of, as an action; commonly, condign punishment for evil or wrong..

Immerit :: Immerit (n.) Want of worth; demerit.

Merited :: Merited (imp. & p. p.) of Meri.

Merit :: Merit (v. i.) To acquire desert; to gain value; to receive benefit; to profit.

Deserving :: Deserving (n.) Desert; merit.

Justice :: Justice (a.) The rendering to every one his due or right; just treatment; requital of desert; merited reward or punishment; that which is due to one's conduct or motives.

Condignity :: Condignity (n.) Merit, acquired by works, which can claim reward on the score of general benevolence..

Approvable :: Approvable (a.) Worthy of being approved; meritorious.

Pay :: Pay (v. t.) Hence, figuratively: To compensate justly; to requite according to merit; to reward; to punish; to retort or retaliate upon..

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)..

Promerit :: Promerit (v. t.) To deserve; to procure by merit.

Worthy :: Worthy (n.) Having suitable, adapted, or equivalent qualities or value; -- usually with of before the thing compared or the object; more rarely, with a following infinitive instead of of, or with that; as, worthy of, equal in excellence, value, or dignity to; entitled to; meriting; -- usually in a good sense, but sometimes in a bad one..

Merithal :: Merithal (n.) Alt. of Merithallu.

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