merits

Synonyms

utility feasibility deserve comeuppance guerdon meritoriousness

Phrases with the word

on its merits exaggerate the merits of merits of the case

Examples

when we gaze in unbounded admiration on that ineffable mercy of His, which with unwearied patience endures countless sins which are every moment being committed under His very eyes, or the call with which from no antecedent merits of ours, but by the free grace of His pity He receives us. John Cassian

Presents are made for the pleasure of who gives them, not the merits of who receives them. Carlos Ruiz Zafón

It is the business of the future to be dangerous; and it is among the merits of science that it equips the future for its duties. Alfred North Whitehead

Don't look for more honor than your learning merits. Jewish Proverb

The wise man is great through his own merits. Egyptian Proverb

A single merit cannot make a hundred demerits fade; a hundred merits cannot hide a single demerit. Chinese Proverb