Word Meaning

Meaning of "demerit" and the crossword clue

- A defect
- Fault
- Mark against one's record
- Mark for misconduct
- Misconduct mark
- That which one merits or deserves, either of good or ill; desert.
- That which deserves blame; ill desert; a fault; a vice; misconduct; -- the opposite of merit.
- The state of one who deserves ill.
- To deserve; -- said in reference to both praise and blame.
- To depreciate or cry down.
- To deserve praise or blame.