MERIT

• (noun) the quality of being deserving (e.g., deserving assistance)

  "there were many children whose deservingness he recognized and rewarded"

  synonyms : deservingness , meritoriousness

• (noun) any admirable quality or attribute

  "work of great merit"

  synonyms : virtue

  Salman Rushdie’s ‘Midnight’s Children’ is a work of great merit. -added by naila_inlas

• (verb) be worthy or deserving

  "You deserve a promotion after all the hard work you have done"

  synonyms : deserve

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