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Demerit


DEMERIT, noun [ Latin To earn or deserve.]

1. That which deserves punishment, the opposite of merit; an ill-deserving; that which is blamable or punishable in moral conduct; vice or crime.

2. Anciently, merit; desert; in a good sense.

DEMERIT, verb transitive To deserve blame or punishment.