merits
Strengths worth noting
Merits are the qualities that make something worthy of praise or reward.
To judge something on its merits is to evaluate it based on its actual qualities rather than prejudice or irrelevant factors.
The verb means to deserve: The proposal merits serious consideration.
Her work merits recognition.
Degree of importance
- valueImportance or price
- strengthsPowers or capabilities
- virtuesPositive moral traits
- advantagesFavorable factors or conditions
benefits · assets · attributes · strong points · positives · excellence · caliber · distinction
Successful completion of aim
- attainmentSuccessful reaching of goal
- distinctionNotable difference or honor
- honorHigh regard, moral dignity
- creditRecognition or payment deferral
recognition · accolade · commendation · award · triumph · success · feat · performance
Container or instance
- argumentReasoned case or dispute
- claimStatement of ownership or truth
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- substancePhysical material with mass
grounds · basis · judgment · verdict · trial · consideration · hearing · appeal
Moral soundness and consistency
- righteousnessMoral correctness or virtue
- goodnessMoral excellence
- honorHigh regard, moral dignity
- dignityInnate personal worth
rectitude · probity · decency · uprightness · worthiness · nobility · character · principle
Formal evaluation of worth
- appraisalEstimation of worth
- considerationCareful thought or compensation
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- reviewCritical written assessment
examination · scrutiny · weighing · analysis · deliberation · measure · estimation · rating
Gain by working
- deserveBe entitled to
- warrantFormal authorization document
- justifyProvide adequate grounds for
- entitleGrant right or name
qualify · reward · recognition · credit · due · worthiness · eligibility · claim
worth
Degree of importance
advantages · benefits · assets · attributes · strong points · positives · excellence · caliber · distinction · substance
accomplishment
Successful completion of aim
- attainmentSuccessful reaching of goal
- distinctionNotable difference or honor
- honorHigh regard, moral dignity
credit · recognition · accolade · commendation · award · triumph · success · feat · performance · contribution
case
Container or instance
substance · grounds · basis · judgment · verdict · trial · consideration · hearing · appeal · ruling
integrity
Moral soundness and consistency
- righteousnessMoral correctness or virtue
- goodnessMoral excellence
- honorHigh regard, moral dignity
dignity · rectitude · probity · decency · uprightness · worthiness · nobility · character · principle · conscience
assessment
Formal evaluation of worth
- appraisalEstimation of worth
- considerationCareful thought or compensation
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
review · examination · scrutiny · weighing · analysis · deliberation · measure · estimation · rating · ranking
earn
Gain by working
entitle · qualify · reward · recognition · credit · due · worthiness · eligibility · claim · right
- pros and conspros, cons, advantage, disadvantage, pluses
- Supreme Courtchief justice, associate justices, justices, certiorari, oral arguments
- achievementsaccomplishment, achievement, accomplishments, achievements, triumph
- scoresscore, points, scores, point, high score
- legal termstrial, legal, appeal, lawsuit, law
- class actionsclass action, class member, class members, class period, class representative
meritsdemerits
Penalties for misconduct
faults · flaws · defects · shortcomings · disadvantages
meritsdemerits
Penalties for misconduct
faults · sins · transgressions · offenses · wrongdoings
- merit badgesAwards for learned skills
- merit-based hiringEmployment by qualification alone
- relative merits
- on its meritsBy inherent value alone
- artistic meritCreative work's quality
- merit systemAdvancement based on ability