1. Be worthy or deserving
   - deserve

1. Any admirable quality or attribute
   "work of great merit"
   - virtue 
2. The quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance)
   - deservingness, meritoriousness

Derived forms: merited, merits, meriting

See also: meritable

Type of: be, worth, worthiness

Antonym: demerit

Encyclopedia: Merit Merit, TX Merit, Texas

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