"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.
It is better to find your own faults and rectify them than to find thousands of faults in others.
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An accountant is in a car travelling with a farmer client around his farm.They pass a large mob of sheep and the farmer says, "You're pretty good with numbers, Keith. How many sheep do you reckon are in that paddock?"The accountant looks at the sheep for a moment and says, "One thousand, eight hundred and thirty two."The farmer is amazed. "Exactly right", he says. "How did you work that out so fast?""Easy," says the accountant "I counted the number of feet and divided by 4."
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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