noun. undefined

noun. A quality or characteristic deserving of blame or censure; a fault.

noun. Absence of merit.

noun. A mark made against one's record for a fault or for misconduct.

To lower the merit of; discredit; depreciate.

To deserve; merit; earn.

To deserve to lose from lack of merit or desert.

To be deserving; deserve.

noun. That which one merits; desert.

noun. That which merits ill; censurable conduct; wrong-doing; ill desert: opposed to merit.

intransitive verb. To deserve praise or blame.

noun. That which one merits or deserves, either of good or ill; desert.

noun. That which deserves blame; ill desert; a fault; a vice; misconduct; -- the opposite of merit.

noun. The state of one who deserves ill.

transitive verb. To deserve; -- said in reference to both praise and blame.

transitive verb. To depreciate or cry down.

noun. A quality of being inadequate; a fault; a disadvantage

noun. A mark given for bad conduct to a person attending an educational institution or serving in the army.

verb. To deserve.

noun. the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection

noun. a mark against a person for misconduct or failure; usually given in school or armed forces

"I never thought of this business of merit and demerit, which is able to change our lives in the twinkling of an eye, and which actually brought me down to a pretty low estate."