merit

Từ điển American Heritage Dictionary 4th

mer·it (mĕrʹĭt)n.
1.
a. Superior quality or worth; excellence:
a proposal of some merit; an ill-advised plan without merit.
b. A quality deserving praise or approval; virtue:
a store having the merit of being open late.
2. Demonstrated ability or achievement:
promotions based on merit alone.
3. An aspect of character or behavior deserving approval or disapproval. Often used in the plural:
judging people according to their merits.
4. Christianity. Spiritual credit granted for good works.
5. merits
a. Law. A party's strict legal rights, excluding jurisdictional, personal, or technical aspects.
b. The factual content of a matter, apart from emotional, contextual, or formal considerations.v. mer·it·ed, mer·it·ing, mer·itsv. tr.
To earn; deserve. See Synonyms at earn¹.v. intr.
To be worthy or deserving:
Pupils are rewarded or corrected, as they merit. [Middle English, from Old French merite, reward or punishment, from Latin meritum, from neuter past participle of merēre, to deserve. See (s)mer-² in Indo-European Roots.] merʹit·less adj.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  deservingness, meritoriousness, virtue, deserve
• Từ trái nghĩa / Antonyms:
  demerit, fault