Synonyms:
merit, virtue
Meaning: any admirable quality or attribute; "work of great merit"
Synonyms:
deservingness, merit, meritoriousness
Meaning: the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance); "there were many children whose deservingness he recognized and rewarded"
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
deserve, merit
Meaning: be worthy or deserving; "You deserve a promotion after all the hard work you have done"
Usage examples
This theory has at least the merit of originality.
The merit of every poetic work depends on three things:
The merit of that scheme must be shared between Henry Cole and Prince Albert.
Never, in his future life of noble merit, would he be able to annex a caravan.
There will be very little merit in making a good wife to such a man as Mr. Weston."
This charity will have no small weight in the balance of Him Who weighs merit so exactly.
Hence it follows that it is by the will alone that we can in reality acquire merit or commit sin.
The perpetuity by generation is common to beasts; but memory, merit, and noble works, are proper to men.
So much for the quantity; the quality strikes me as of singular merit for a girl of thirteen or fourteen.
He then show'd me his piece for my opinion, and I much approv'd it, as it appear'd to me to have great merit.