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merit

English

  1. 🔊 any admirable quality or attribute
    “work of great merit”
  2. 🔊 the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance)
    “there were many children whose deservingness he recognized and rewarded”
  3. 🔊 be worthy or deserving
    “You deserve a promotion after all the hard work you have done”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 mérito merit
  2. 🔊 ameritar to merit, to deserve
  3. 🔊 meritar to merit, earn, deserve
  4. 🔊 merecimiento merit, desert (that which is deserved)

Similar words

deservingness meritoriousness virtue deserve accent advantage advantageousness agreeableness arete assets auspiciousness award be deserving be entitled to be worthy of beneficialness benevolence benignity caliber class cogency comeuppance concern concernment