A claim to commendation or a reward.
Usually in the plural form the merits: the substantive rightness or wrongness of a legal argument, a lawsuit, etc., as opposed to technical matters such as the admissibility of evidence or points of legal procedure; (by extension) the overall good or bad quality, or rightness or wrongness, of some other thing.
A mark or token of approbation or to recognize excellence.
Something deserving or worthy of positive recognition or reward.
The sum of all the good deeds that a person does which determines the quality of the person's next state of existence and contributes to the person's growth towards enlightenment.
To be deserving or worthy.
To deserve, to earn.
An individual victory.
A feat carried out successfully; a victorious achievement.
Pleasure; joy; delight.
To obtain (someone) by wooing; to make an ally or friend of (frequently with over).
To defeat or surpass someone or something.
To triumph or achieve victory in (a game, a war, etc.).
To achieve victory.
To have power, coercion or control.
To reach some destination or object, despite difficulty or toil (now usually intransitive, with preposition or locative adverb).
To obtain (something desired).
To cause a victory for someone.
To extract (ore, coal, etc.).
To dry by exposure to the wind.
To gain (a prize) by succeeding in competition or contest.