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merit

 
Noun merit has 2 senses
  1. merit, virtue - any admirable quality or attribute; "work of great merit"
    --1 is a kind of worth
    Antonyms: demerit, fault
  2. deservingness, merit, meritoriousness - the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance); "there were many children whose deservingness he recognized and rewarded"
    --2 is a kind of worthiness
    Derived form: verb merit1
Verb merit has 1 sense
  1. deserve, merit - be worthy or deserving; "You deserve a promotion after all the hard work you have done"
    --1 is one way to be
    Derived form: noun merit2
    Sample sentences:
    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something
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