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demerit
demerit is a 7-letter English word with 8 senses as noun and intransitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: That which one merits or deserves, either of good or ill; desert. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 11 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
7 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 11 · 8 senses
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- 1noun
That which one merits or deserves, either of good or ill; desert.
- 2noun
That which deserves blame; ill desert; a fault; a vice; misconduct; -- the opposite of merit.
- 3noun
The state of one who deserves ill.
- 4noun
To deserve; -- said in reference to both praise and blame.
- 5noun
To depreciate or cry down.
- 6intransitive verb
To deserve praise or blame.
- 7noun
the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection
"they discussed the merits and demerits of her novel"
"he knew his own faults much better than she did"
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- 8noun
a mark against a person for misconduct or failure; usually given in school or armed forces
"ten demerits and he loses his privileges"
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