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Definitions

merits

NOUN
due
Synonyms
STRONGEST
compensation interest payment rate repayment right
STRONG
claim comeuppance deserts entitlement guerdon need perquisite prerogative privilege recompense reprisal retaliation retribution revenge rights satisfaction title vengeance
WEAK
be in line for what is coming to one
NOUN
guerdon
Synonyms
STRONG
claim comeuppance compensation desert deserts entitlement interest need payment perquisite prerogative privilege rate recompense repayment reprisal retaliation retribution revenge reward right rights
WEAK
be in line for satisfa
Antonyms
STRONG
disadvantage forgiveness pardon penalty sympathy

Example Sentences

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If the approach involves raising corporate taxes, whatever the merits, it would subtract from earnings more directly.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

It would be the first major immigration case decided by the court on its merits since Trump started his second term.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

Before Harvard reclaims my Ph.D., let me lay out the merits of annuities.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 20, 2026

Instead, the Supreme Court “deferred” judgment in the cases, then moved them off the shadow docket and onto the merits docket, setting oral arguments for April.

From Slate • Mar. 17, 2026

In this dispute the question of the relative merits of ancient and modern science was at first entirely secondary.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.