Look up: Demerit


  1. demerit
    [n] - a mark against a person for misconduct or failure 2. [n] - the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection
    Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=demerit

  2. Demerit
    De·mer'it noun [ French démérite demerit (in sense 2), Old French demerite demerit (in sense 1), from Latin demerere to deserve well, Late Latin , to deserve well or ill; de- + merere to deserve. See De -, a...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/32

  3. Demerit
    De·mer'it transitive verb [ Confer French démériter to deserve ill. See Demerit , noun ] 1. To deserve; -- said in reference to both praise and blame. [ Obsolete] « If I have demerited any l...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/32

  4. Demerit
    De·mer'it intransitive verb To deserve praise or blame.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/32

  5. demerit
    fault noun 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`
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=demerit

  6. demerit
    noun a mark against a person for misconduct or failure; usually given in school or armed forces; `ten demerits and he loses his privileges`
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=demerit

  7. Demerit
    • (n.) The state of one who deserves ill. • (n.) That which one merits or deserves, either of good or ill; desert. • (n.) To deserve; -- said in reference to both praise and blame. • (n.) That which deserves blame; ill desert; a fault; a vice; misconduct; -- the opposite of merit...
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/demerit/

  8. demerit
    demerit 1. A quality or characteristic deserving of blame or censure; a fault. 2. Absence of merit; the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection. 3. A mark made against a person's record for a fault or for misconduct. 4. A mark recorded about a person for his or her misconduct; ...
    Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/3580/

  9. demerit
    1) Bad mark 2) Black mark 3) Brand 4) Fault, failing 5) Mark 6) Mark for misconduct 7) Stain 8) Stigma
    Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/demerit/1

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