noun
- The quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong.
- synonyms: virtuousness, moral excellence
- Any admirable quality or attribute.
- usage: "work of great merit"
- synonyms: merit
- Morality with respect to sexual relations.
- synonyms: chastity, sexual morality
- A particular moral excellence. .
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