"Demerit" is a word in ENGLISH
The state of one who deserves ill.
To depreciate or cry down.
That which deserves blame; ill desert; a fault; a vice;
misconduct; -- the opposite of merit.
That which one merits or deserves, either of good or ill;
desert.
To deserve; -- said in reference to both praise and blame.
To deserve praise or blame.
And no wonder; for the new technique of "subliminal projection," as it was called, was intimately associated with mass entertainment, and in the life of civilized human beings massed entertainment now plays a part comparable to that played in the Middle Ages be religion.
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A pious man who had reached the age of 105 suddenly stopped going to synagogue. Alarmed by the old fellow's absence after so many years of faithful attendance the Rabbi went to see him. He found him in excellent health, so the Rabbi asked, "How come after all these years we don't see you at services anymore?"The old man looked around and lowered his voice. "I'll tell you, Rabbi," he whispered. "When I got to be 90, I expected God to take me any day. But then I got to be 95, then 100, then 105. So I figured that God is very busy and must've forgotten about me, and I don't want to remind Him!"
To be worthy of recompense; -- usually with ill or with well.
Read the complete definitionThinking lowly of one's self; claiming little for one's self; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; thinking one's self ill-deserving or …
Read the complete definitionThe quality or state of deserving well or ill; desert.
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