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Eminent :: Eminent (a.) Being, metaphorically, above others, whether by birth, high station, merit, or virtue; high in public estimation; distinguished; conspicuous; as, an eminent station; an eminent historian, statements, statesman, or saint..

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..

Criticise :: Criticise (v. i.) To discuss the merits or demerits of a thing or person; esp., to find fault..

Meritot :: Meritot (n.) A play of children, in swinging on ropes, or the like, till they are dizzy..

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

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

Demerit :: Demerit (n.) The state of one who deserves ill.

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..

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

Meed :: Meed (n.) Merit or desert; worth.

Meritedly :: Meritedly (adv.) By merit; deservedly.

Gratuitous :: Gratuitous (a.) Given without an equivalent or recompense; conferred without valuable consideration; granted without pay, or without claim or merit; not required by justice..

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

Esteem :: Esteem (v. t.) Estimation; opinion of merit or value; hence, valuation; reckoning; price..

Poor :: Poor (superl.) Destitute of beauty, fitness, or merit; as, a poor discourse; a poor picture..

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..

Worth :: Worth (a.) Value in respect of moral or personal qualities; excellence; virtue; eminence; desert; merit; usefulness; as, a man or magistrate of great worth..

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..

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..

Merit :: Merit (n.) Esp. in a good sense: The quality or state of deserving well; worth; excellence.

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