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merit noun [ ˈmɛrɪt ]

• the quality of being particularly good or worthy, especially so as to deserve praise or reward.
• "composers of outstanding merit"
Similar: excellence, goodness, standard, quality, level, grade, high quality, calibre, worth, good, credit, eminence, worthiness, value, virtue, distinction, account, deservingness, meritoriousness,
Opposite: inferiority,

merit verb

• deserve or be worthy of (reward, punishment, or attention).
• "the results have been encouraging enough to merit further investigation"
Similar: deserve, earn, be deserving of, warrant, rate, justify, be worthy of, be worth, be entitled to, have a right to, have a claim to/on, be qualified for,
Origin: Middle English (originally in the sense ‘deserved reward or punishment’): via Old French from Latin meritum ‘due reward’, from mereri ‘earn, deserve’.

judge something on its merits

• assess something solely with regard to its intrinsic quality rather than other external factors.
"a proposal should be judged on its merits when it comes forward for approval"



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