Word
Demerit
How many syllables?
3 Syllables
How it's divided?
de-mer-it
Definition
- n. - That which one merits or deserves, either of good or ill;
desert.
- n. - That which deserves blame; ill desert; a fault; a vice;
misconduct; -- the opposite of merit.
- n. - The state of one who deserves ill.
- n. - To deserve; -- said in reference to both praise and blame.
- n. - To depreciate or cry down.
- v. i. - To deserve praise or blame.
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