n. 1 quality of deserving well. 2 excellence, worth. 3 (usu. in pl.) a thing that entitles one to reward or gratitude. b intrinsic rights and wrongs (merits of a case). o. (t) deserve. [Latin meritum value, from mereor deserve]
n. 1 quality of deserving well. 2 excellence, worth. 3 (usu. in pl.) a thing that entitles one to reward or gratitude. b intrinsic rights and wrongs (merits of a case). o. (t) deserve. [Latin meritum value, from mereor deserve]