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merit

('m/E/r/I/t )

any admirable quality or attribute(noun.attribute)

Example:
Work of great merit.

Synonym:
virtue
Antonym:
demerit, fault

source: wordnet30
the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance)(noun.attribute)

Synonym:
deservingness, meritoriousness

source: wordnet30
The quality or state of deserving well or ill; desert.(noun)

source: webster1913

be worthy or deserving(verb.stative)

Synonym:
deserve

source: wordnet30
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.(verb)

source: webster1913
To acquire desert; to gain value; to receive benefit; to profit.(verb)

source: webster1913

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