A quality of being inadequate; a fault; a disadvantage
A mark given for bad conduct to a person attending an educational institution or serving in the army.
That which one merits or deserves, either of good or ill; desert.
The eighth exercise in the progymnasmata series.
A method within rhetorical pedagogy.
A general category of oratory.
Warm praise, especially a formal expression of such praise; a tribute.
A genre of literature that included five elements: prologue, birth and upbringing, acts of the person's life, comparisons used to praise the subject, and an epilogue.