Webster's 1828

MERIT

verb

Definitions

  1. 1. 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. "This kindness merits thanks." Shak.
  2. 2. To reward. [R. & Obs.] Chapman.

Other Definitions

This word also has another definition:
MERIT (noun)
1. The quality or state of deserving well or ill; desert. Here may men see how sin hath his merit. Chaucer. Be it known, that we, the greatest, are mi...
Added: October 09, 2025 Updated: October 09, 2025
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