demerit

Meaning of demerit

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

Information about demerit

  • The plural form of demerit is: demerits.
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Hyphenation of demerit

de-merit

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • demerit is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

demerit synonyms

Meaning fault:

fault

Meaning :

discredit

demerit antonyms

Meaning :

merit

Anagrams of demerit

Demetri, detemir, dimeter, merited, mitered, retimed

Words that rhyme with demerit

erit, Berit, Piderit, deleerit, disherit, disinherit, enherit, inherit, preinherit, reinherit, ozokerit, dismerit, emerit, immerit, merit, overmerit, premerit, promerit, perit, antepreterit, preterit, habuerit, Zerit

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