A mark or token of approbation or to recognize excellence.
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 claim to commendation or a reward.
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.
The quality of how good the reputation of something or someone is, how favourably something or someone is regarded.
To start over at an earlier point in a video game with some type of bonus or reward.
Regarded as relatively prestigious; often, considered the standard language or language variety, or a part of such a variety.