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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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