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Worthiness :: Worthiness (n.) The quality or state of being worthy; desert; merit; excellence; dignity; virtue; worth.

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)..

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

Purgatory :: Purgatory (n.) A state or place of purification after death; according to the Roman Catholic creed, a place, or a state believed to exist after death, in which the souls of persons are purified by expiating such offenses committed in this life as do not merit eternal damnation, or in which they fully satisfy the justice of God for sins that have been forgiven. After this purgation from the impurities of sin, the souls are believed to be received into heaven..

Meedful :: Meedful (a.) Worthy of meed, reward, or recompense; meritorious..

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

Promerit :: Promerit (v. t.) To oblige; to confer a favor on.

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

Condignly :: Condignly (adv.) According to 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..

Semi-pelagian :: Semi-Pelagian (n.) A follower of John Cassianus, a French monk (died about 448), who modified the doctrines of Pelagius, by denying human merit, and maintaining the necessity of the Spirit's influence, while, on the other hand, he rejected the Augustinian doctrines of election, the inability of man to do good, and the certain perseverance of the saints..

Detur :: Detur (n.) A present of books given to a meritorious undergraduate student as a prize.

Demerit :: Demerit (n.) To deserve; -- said in reference to both praise and blame.

Protomerite :: Protomerite (n.) The second segment of one of the Gregarinae.

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..

Medalist :: Medalist (n.) One who has gained a medal as the reward of merit.

Meritorious :: Meritorious (a.) Possessing merit; deserving of reward or honor; worthy of recompense; valuable.

Adulation :: Adulation (n.) Servile flattery; praise in excess, or beyond what is merited..

Ordinary :: Ordinary (a.) Of common rank, quality, or ability; not distinguished by superior excellence or beauty; hence, not distinguished in any way; commonplace; inferior; of little merit; as, men of ordinary judgment; an ordinary book..

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

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