Words Containing Merit
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Definition of merit
- n. - The quality or state of deserving well or ill; desert.
- n. - Esp. in a good sense: The quality or state of deserving
well; worth; excellence.
- n. - Reward deserved; any mark or token of excellence or
approbation; as, his teacher gave him ten merits.
- 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.
- n. - To reward.
- v. i. - To acquire desert; to gain value; to receive benefit; to
profit.
Syllable Information
The word merit is a 5 letter word that has 2 syllable 's . The syllable division for merit is: mer-it