demerit.
A quality of being inadequate; a disadvantage, a fault.
Meaning & usage
A quality of being inadequate; a disadvantage, a fault.
A mark given for bad conduct to a person attending an educational institution or serving in the army.
That which one merits or deserves, either of good or ill; desert.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English demerit, demerite, from Old French desmerite (modern French démérite) and its etymon Latin dēmeritum. By surface analysis, de- + merit.
To deserve.
To depreciate or cry down.
Where this word comes from
From Latin dēmerit-, the past partipicial stem of dēmereō. By surface analysis, de- + merit.
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