Merit(n.)
- The quality or state of deserving well or ill; desert.
Merit(n.)
- Esp. in a good sense: The quality or state of deserving well; worth; excellence.
Merit(n.)
- Reward deserved; any mark or token of excellence or approbation; as, his teacher gave him ten merits.
Merit(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.