merit

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ansaita Something deserving positive recognition.

His reward for his merit was a check for $50.

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Reputation is (..) oft got without merit, and lost without deserving.

To him the wit of Greece and Rome was known, / And every author's merit, but his own.

His teacher gave him ten merits.

those laurel groves, the merits of thy youth

Be it known, that we, the greatest, are misthought / For things that others do; and when we fall, / We answer others' merits in our name.

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They were punished as they merited.

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