merit
- 1) noun, worth or superior quality; excellence
- 2) noun, a deserving or commendable quality or act
- 3) noun, Christianity spiritual credit granted or received for good works
- 4) noun, the fact or state of deserving; desert
- 5) noun, an obsolete word for reward
- 6) verb, to be worthy of; deserve ▷ See also merits
Etymology
C13: via Old French from Latin meritum reward, desert, from merēre to deserve
Collins English Electronic Dictionary - Digital Edition: 2008 © HarperCollins Publishers 2008
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strength, advantage, value, quality, worth, asset, virtue, strong point, worthy, deserve, warrant, earn, incur, deserve, justify, warrant, just, earn, appropriate, entitle, rightful, condign