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Noun merit has 2 senses
- merit, virtue - any admirable quality or attribute; "work of great merit"
--1 is a kind of worth
Antonyms: demerit, fault
- 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
Verb merit has 1 sense
- deserve, merit - be worthy or deserving; "You deserve a promotion after all the hard work you have done"
--1 is one way to be
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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