Demerit vs. Merit
Demerit and Merit Definitions
Demerit
A quality or characteristic deserving of blame or censure; a fault.
Merit
Superior quality or worth; excellence
A proposal of some merit.
An ill-advised plan without merit.
Demerit
Absence of merit.
Merit
A quality deserving praise or approval; virtue
A store having the merit of being open late.
Demerit
A mark made against one's record for a fault or for misconduct.
Merit
Demonstrated ability or achievement
Promotions based on merit alone.
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Demerit
A quality of being inadequate; a fault; a disadvantage
Merit
Often merits An aspect of character or behavior deserving approval or disapproval
Judging people according to their merits.
Demerit
A mark given for bad conduct to a person attending an educational institution or serving in the army.
Merit
In various religions, spiritual credit granted for good works.
Demerit
That which one merits or deserves, either of good or ill; desert.
Merit
(Law) The factors to be considered in making a substantive decision in a case, independent of procedural or technical aspects
A trial on the merits.
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Demerit
To deserve.
Merit
The factual content of a matter, apart from emotional, contextual, or formal considerations.
Demerit
To depreciate or cry down.
Merit
To earn; deserve.
Demerit
That which one merits or deserves, either of good or ill; desert.
By many benefits and demerits whereby they obliged their adherents, [they] acquired this reputation.
Merit
To be worthy or deserving
Pupils are rewarded or corrected, as they merit.
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Demerit
That which deserves blame; ill desert; a fault; a vice; misconduct; - the opposite of merit.
They see no merit or demerit in any man or any action.
Secure, unless forfeited by any demerit or offense.
Merit
(countable) A claim to commendation or a reward.
Demerit
The state of one who deserves ill.
Merit
(countable) A mark or token of approbation or to recognize excellence.
For her good performance in the examination, her teacher gave her ten merits.
Demerit
To deserve; - said in reference to both praise and blame.
If I have demerited any love or thanks.
Executed as a traitor . . . as he well demerited.
Merit
Something deserving or worthy of positive recognition or reward.
His reward for his merit was a check for $50.
Demerit
To depreciate or cry down.
Merit
The sum of all the good deeds that a person does which determines the quality of the person's next state of existence and contributes to the person's growth towards enlightenment.
To acquire or make merit
Demerit
To deserve praise or blame.
Merit
Usually in the plural form the merits: the substantive rightness or wrongness of a legal argument, a lawsuit, etc., as opposed to technical matters such as the admissibility of evidence or points of legal procedure; (by extension) the overall good or bad quality, or rightness or wrongness, of some other thing.
Even though the plaintiff was ordered by the judge to pay some costs for not having followed the correct procedure, she won the case on the merits.
Demerit
A mark against a person for misconduct or failure; usually given in school or armed forces;
Ten demerits and he loses his privileges
Merit
The quality or state of deserving retribution, whether reward or punishment.
Demerit
The quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection;
They discussed the merits and demerits of her novel
He knew his own faults much better than she did
Merit
(transitive) To deserve, to earn.
Her performance merited wild applause.
Merit
(intransitive) To be deserving or worthy.
They were punished as they merited.
Merit
To reward.
Merit
The quality or state of deserving well or ill; desert.
Here may men see how sin hath his merit.
Be it known, that we, the greatest, are misthoughtFor things that others do; and when we fall,We answer other's merits in our name.
Merit
The quality or state of deserving well; worth; excellence.
Reputation is . . . oft got without merit, and lost without deserving.
To him the wit of Greece and Rome was known,And every author's merit, but his own.
Merit
Reward deserved; any mark or token of excellence or approbation; as, his teacher gave him ten merits.
Those laurel groves, the merits of thy youth.
Merit
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.
Merit
To reward.
Merit
To acquire desert; to gain value; to receive benefit; to profit.
Merit
Any admirable quality or attribute;
Work of great merit
Merit
The quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance);
There were many children whose deservingness he recognized and rewarded
Merit
Be worthy or deserving;
You deserve a promotion after all the hard work you have done
