DEMERIT
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De*mer"it (?), n. [F. démérite demerit (in sense 2), OF. demerite demerit (in sense 1), fr. L. demerere to deserve well, LL., to deserve well or ill; de- + merere to deserve. See De-, and Merit.] 1. That which one merits or deserves, either of good or ill; desert. [Obs.]
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By many benefits and demerits whereby they obliged their adherents, [they] acquired this reputation.
Holland.
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2. That which deserves blame; ill desert; a fault; a vice; misconduct; -- the opposite of merit.
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They see no merit or demerit in any man or any action.
Burke.
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Secure, unless forfeited by any demerit or offense.
Sir W. Temple.
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3. The state of one who deserves ill.
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De*mer"it, v. t. [Cf. F. démériter to deserve ill. See Demerit, n.] 1. To deserve; -- said in reference to both praise and blame. [Obs.]
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If I have demerited any love or thanks.
Udall.
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Executed as a traitor . . . as he well demerited.
State Trials (1645).
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2. To depreciate or cry down. [R.] Bp. Woolton.
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De*mer"it, v. i. To deserve praise or blame.
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