merited in English

verb

1

deserve or be worthy of (something, especially reward, punishment, or attention).

the results have been encouraging enough to merit further investigation

synonyms: deserve, earn, be deserving of, warrant, rate, justify, be worthy of, be worth, be entitled to, have a right to, have a claim to/on

adjective

• deserved

verb

• deserve, earn, be deserving of, warrant, rate, justify, be worthy of, be worth, be entitled to, have a right to, have a claim to/on
• deserve

Use "merited" in a sentence

1. To grant as merited or due: Awarded prizes to the winners

2. To grant as merited or due: Awarded prizes to the winners

3. Finally, elitist Condescension, however merited, helps cement Bush's bond to the masses

4. In Roman times, what crimes merited a death like that of Jesus?

5. Award definition, to give as due or merited; assign or bestow: to Award prizes

6. Nonetheless, freedom of expression was not an absolute; it merited full protection but should have limitations

7. Usage: The politician‘s performance in his constituency merited the several Brickbats thrown at him by his critics

8. The Board's assessment of one knowledge question was inconsistent with the result that one appellant merited additional marks.

9. Experiment with Asserting merited praise and affirmations - specially with people who fear, distrust, or disrespect you - and notice what happens over time

10. For Scotland, who produced the best of what Cohesive football there was on the night, it was a merited outcome.··A substance that provides cohesion 2001, Doris Banowsky

11. Murder, rape, arson, and a host of other Atrocities are often the first evidence of a diseased brain. ANCIENT FAITHS AND MODERN THOMAS INMAN One republican column assumed and merited the name of the Infernal, by the horrid Atrocities which they committed

12. For someone not to receive a reward they have merited Congruously is not a violation of personal justice; it is at most inappropriate or a violation of justice given the particular circumstances of the case

13. When we read accounts such as Matthew 15:1-8; John 8:12-19, 31-41; 9:13-34; 11:45-53, we can understand why Jesus said that the Pharisees merited annihilation, symbolized by Gehenna.

14. Condign (adj.) early 15c., "well-deserved, merited," from Old French Condigne "deserved, appropriate, equal in wealth" and directly from Latin condignus "wholly worthy," from assimilated form of com "together, altogether" (see con-) + dignus "worth (n.), worthy, proper, fitting" (from PIE root *dek- …