merit
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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, worthAssociated 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 deserveSee also: caliber, consequence, credit, earn, grade, importance, probity, quality, rate, recognition, rectitude, right, significance, value, weight, worth