Synonyms for de-merits
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : dih-mer-it |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈmɛr ɪt |
Top 10 synonyms for de-merits Other synonyms for the word de-merits
- abase
- absence
- anger
- bad mark
- bankrupt
- bench
- blemish
- break
- bring low
- bug
- bump
- bust
- catch
- confound
- confute
- controvert
- covetousness
- cow
- cripple
- damnation
- debility
- debt
- declass
- decrease
- decry
- defalcation
- default
- deficit
- deformity
- degrade
- demean
- demerit
- demoralize
- demote
- denigrate
- depreciate
- dereliction
- detract from
- devalorize
- disconfirm
- disfigurement
- disgrade
- disobedience
- disparage
- dispirit
- disprove
- disrate
- downgrade
- enervate
- enfeeble
- envy
- evil-doing
- failure
- fallibility
- fault
- flaw
- foible
- frailty
- glitch
- gluttony
- gremlin
- guilt
- hold back
- humble
- humiliate
- immorality
- impair
- imperfection
- impoverish
- inability to hack it
- inadequacy
- incapacitate
- incompleteness
- infirmity
- iniquity
- insufficience
- insufficiency
- kick downstairs
- lack
- lapse
- loss
- loss of credit
- loss of points
- lower
- lust
- mar
- mark against one
- mark down
- minimize
- misdeed
- need
- neglect
- offense
- paucity
- pauperize
- peccability
- peccadillo
- peccancy
- pimple
- pride
- privation
- problem
- punishment
- rebut
- reduce
- refute
- relegate
- ruin
- run down
- scantiness
- scarcity
- set back
- shortage
- shortcoming
- sin
- sinfulness
- sloth
- stain
- subdue
- taint
- take down a peg
- tame
- tort
- transgression
- trespass
- undermine
- undervalue
- ungodliness
- unrighteousness
- veniality
- vice
- violation
- want
- weak point
- weakness
- wickedness
- write off
- wrong
- wrongdoing
- wrongness
- zit
Définition of de-merits
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.
- As in shortcoming : noun weak point
- As in sin : noun illegal or immoral action
- As in vice : noun weakness
- As in demerit : noun fault
- As in deficiency : noun imperfection, inadequacy
- As in fault : noun physical defect
- As in imperfection : noun flaw
- As in reduce : verb humble, humiliate
- As in break : verb weaken, cause instability
- As in demote : verb downgrade, lower in rank
- As in downgrade : verb lower in opinion or rank
- They'll soon cancel it then, with a merit, just as you constantly cancel your merits with de-merits for crime!
- Extract from : « The Woodcraft Girls at Camp » by Lillian Elizabeth Roy
Antonyms for de-merits
- abundance
- accomplishment
- achievement
- adequacy
- advantage
- agree
- aid
- allow
- approve
- assist
- attach
- behavior
- benefit
- blessing
- cause
- cherish
- cleanliness
- commend
- compliment
- correctness
- elevate
- encourage
- endorse
- enlarge
- enough
- exalt
- excellence
- excess
- expand
- extend
- extra
- fasten
- faultlessness
- fix
- flawlessness
- good
- good deed
- good point
- goodness
- grow
- help
- hide
- hold
- honor
- improve
- increase
- invigorate
- join
- keep
- keep quiet
- kindness
- laud
- mend
- morality
- obedience
- obey
- overrate
- overvalue
- perfection
- plenty
- praise
- promote
- propriety
- prove
- purity
- put together
- raise
- rate
- right
- satisfaction
- secret
- secure
- soundness
- stabilize
- stay
- strength
- strengthen
- strong point
- success
- sufficiency
- superfluity
- support
- surplus
- upgrade
- virtue
- wait
- win
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