Synonyms for demerit

Grammar : Noun

Spell : dih-mer-it

Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈmɛr ɪt

Définition of demerit

Origin : late 14c., from Old French desmerite "blame, demerit" (Modern French démérite), from des- "not, opposite" (see dis-) + merite "merit" (see merit (n.)). Latin demereri meant "to merit, deserve," from de- in its completive sense. But Medieval Latin demeritum meant "fault." Both senses existed in the Middle French form of the word. Meaning "penalty point in school" is attested from 1862.

noun fault

Example sentences :

"Take a demerit for that, and stay after school," I told him.
Extract from : « Roy Blakeley's Camp on Wheels » by Percy Keese Fitzhugh

Well, that report as good as finds him on demerit, doesn't it?
Extract from : « Starlight Ranch » by Charles King

It is not a question of merit or demerit on the part of the unfortunates or their families.
Extract from : « The Deaf » by Harry Best

A succade to follow your eggs, which you shall have if you demerit it.
Extract from : « All's Well » by Emily Sarah Holt

The common copper and zinc cell is the next in order of demerit.
Extract from : « Torpedoes and Torpedo Warfare » by C. W. Sleeman

M. Ferri said that we must not accept the conceptions of merit and demerit.
Extract from : « The Criminal » by Havelock Ellis

According to such principles, man can neither merit nor demerit.
Extract from : « Good Sense » by Paul Henri Thiry, Baron D'Holbach

That belief and unbelief are involuntary and without moral merit or demerit.
Extract from : « Handbook of Freethought » by Various

If he answers "merit, demerit, and error," we readily grant what he says.
Extract from : « The Sarva-Darsana-Samgraha » by Madhava Acharya

Such is the case when, either on merit or demerit, great patronage is bestowed.
Extract from : « Nature and Art » by Mrs. Inchbald

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