- (n.) The state of one who deserves ill.
- (n.) That which one merits or deserves, either of good or ill; desert.
- (n.) To deserve; -- said in reference to both praise and blame.
- (n.) That which deserves blame; ill desert; a fault; a vice; misconduct; -- the opposite of merit.
- (v.i.) To deserve praise or blame.
- (n.) To depreciate or cry down.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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