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merit noun character, concern, concernment, consideration, credit, desert, deservedness, distinction, excellence, emphasis, good actions, good behavior, goodness, greatness, honor, import, importance, interest, meritoriousness, meritum, note, praiseworthy quality, quality, rectitude, richly deserving, righteousness, self-importance, significance, superiority, uprightness, value, virtue, virtus, worth Associated concepts: affidavit of merits, dismissal on the merits, merit system merit verb be deserving, be entitled to, be worthy of, deserve, due, earn, justify, richly deserve See also: caliber, consequence, credit, earn, grade, importance, probity, quality, rate, recognition, rectitude, right, significance, value, weight, worth How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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We're confident ENDA will be considered on its merits. The authors generally agree that each building must be considered on its merits, and there is an emphasis on managing change, not preserving in aspic. The best defense of its own record on judges, the administration has decided, is to attack the other party's, in a kind of "your judges are softer on crime than our judges" tit for tat that raises the question of whether any judicial nomination can possibly be considered on its merits for the foreseeable future, no matter who wins the election. |
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