demerit /dɪˈmɛɹɪt/noun 3verb 2forms 3 noun3 •A quality of being inadequate; a disadvantage, a fault.They see no merit or demerit in any man or any action. — 1790 •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.I fall to rise, mount to thy maker, spirit, /. Leaue here thy body, death ha's her demerit. — 1610 verb2 •(no longer used) To deserve.You hold that every sin is an infinite evil, demeriting endless punishment. — 1840 •(no longer used) To depreciate or cry down.Faith by her own dignity and worthiness doth not demerit justice and righteousness; but receiveth and embraceth the same offered unto us in the gospel […] — 1576 formsdemerited · demeriting · demerits
