3syllables
demerit
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Definitions ofdemerit
1noun
- A quality of being inadequate; a fault; a disadvantage
- A mark given for bad conduct to a person attending an educational institution or serving in the army.
- That which one merits or deserves, either of good or ill; desert.
1verb
- To deserve.
- To depreciate or cry down.
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