Merit Synonyms & Definitions

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• MeritDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) Esp. in a good sense: The quality or state of deserving well; worth; excellence.
2. (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.
3. (n.) Reward deserved; any mark or token of excellence or approbation; as, his teacher gave him ten merits.
4. (n.) To reward.
5. (v. i.) To acquire desert; to gain value; to receive benefit; to profit.
6. (n.) The quality or state of deserving well or ill; desert.

• MerithallusDefinition & Meaning in English

1. (n.) Same as Internode.