Meritorious
adjective
Deserving reward or praise because of the quality or effort.
His meritorious actions earned him a medal.
Often appears as...
- meritorious service
- meritorious performance
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Formal
adjective
Having substantial grounds for legal action or defense.
Their meritorious claim was accepted by the court.
Often appears as...
- meritorious claim
- meritorious case
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Formal
Legal, Technical
adjective
Having a significant value or importance.
Your meritorious participation has a great impact on our team.
Often appears as...
- meritorious contribution
- meritorious participation
Usage tips
Formal
adjective
Deserving reward or praise because of the quality or effort.
His meritorious actions earned him a medal.
Often appears as...
- meritorious service
- meritorious performance
Usage tips
Formal
adjective
Having substantial grounds for legal action or defense.
Their meritorious claim was accepted by the court.
Often appears as...
- meritorious claim
- meritorious case
Usage tips
Formal
Legal, Technical
adjective
Having a significant value or importance.
Your meritorious participation has a great impact on our team.
Often appears as...
- meritorious contribution
- meritorious participation
Usage tips
Formal
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Reward Context
Use 'meritorious' when acknowledging someone's good work deserving reward or recognition.
After twenty years of meritorious service, she finally received the recognition she deserved.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Ordinary
'Meritorious' implies that the effort or quality goes beyond what is typical or expected.
She was honored for her meritorious dedication to volunteering.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Automatic Praise
Not all praise is 'meritorious'. The term is reserved for exceptional or outstanding qualities.
Only the most diligent students will receive meritorious mentions.
Pro Tip 1/3Reward Context
Use 'meritorious' when acknowledging someone's good work deserving reward or recognition.
After twenty years of meritorious service, she finally received the recognition she deserved.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Ordinary
'Meritorious' implies that the effort or quality goes beyond what is typical or expected.
She was honored for her meritorious dedication to volunteering.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Automatic Praise
Not all praise is 'meritorious'. The term is reserved for exceptional or outstanding qualities.
Only the most diligent students will receive meritorious mentions.
Pro Tip 1/3Reward Context
Use 'meritorious' when acknowledging someone's good work deserving reward or recognition.
After twenty years of meritorious service, she finally received the recognition she deserved.
Pro Tip 2/3Beyond Ordinary
'Meritorious' implies that the effort or quality goes beyond what is typical or expected.
She was honored for her meritorious dedication to volunteering.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Automatic Praise
Not all praise is 'meritorious'. The term is reserved for exceptional or outstanding qualities.
Only the most diligent students will receive meritorious mentions.
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Raspberry Pi: engaging...
movement in some countries about it spreading cording you know from codecademy in the u.s. to countries like Estonia which are introducing according to certain classes at primary level as a as a meritorious skill what's his take on that yeah I think we should all copy
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Raspberry Pi: engaging...
movement in some countries about it spreading cording you know from codecademy in the u.s. to countries like Estonia which are introducing according to certain classes at primary level as a as a meritorious skill what's his take on that yeah I think we should all copy
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Quote examples
Lysander Spooner
American Philosopher
The rescue of a person, who is assaulted, or restrained of his liberty, without authority of law, is not only morally, but legally, a meritorious act; for every body is under obligation to go to the assistance of one who is assailed by assassins, robbers, ravishers, kidnappers, or ruffians of any kind.
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Saint Teresa of Avila
Spanish Saint
My good works, however wretched and imperfect, have been made better and perfected by Him Who is my Lord: He has rendered them meritorious. As to my evil deeds and my sins, He hid them at once. The eyes of those who saw them, He made even blind; and He has blotted them out of their memory.
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John Wycliffe
English Theologian
Men mark the passion of Christ, and print it on their heart somewhat to follow it. It was the most voluntary passion that ever was suffered, and the most painful. It was most voluntary, and so most meritorious.
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Gary Hamel
American Businessman
If corporate leaders and their acolytes are not slaves to some meritorious social purpose, they run the risk of being enslaved by their own ignoble appetites.
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Friedrich Nietzsche
German Philosopher
Arrogance on the part of the meritorious is even more offensive to us than the arrogance of those without merit: for merit itself is offensive.
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Derek Bok
American Lawyer
I think the minority students that we admit to Harvard are every bit as meritorious as the white students that we admit.
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Thomas Aquinas
Italian Theologian
Not everything that is more difficult is more meritorious.
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Randy Orton
American Wrestler
I graduated boot camp with meritorious promotion.
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Lysander Spooner
American Philosopher
The rescue of a person, who is assaulted, or restrained of his liberty, without authority of law, is not only morally, but legally, a meritorious act; for every body is under obligation to go to the assistance of one who is assailed by assassins, robbers, ravishers, kidnappers, or ruffians of any kind.
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Saint Teresa of Avila
Spanish Saint
My good works, however wretched and imperfect, have been made better and perfected by Him Who is my Lord: He has rendered them meritorious. As to my evil deeds and my sins, He hid them at once. The eyes of those who saw them, He made even blind; and He has blotted them out of their memory.
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John Wycliffe
English Theologian
Men mark the passion of Christ, and print it on their heart somewhat to follow it. It was the most voluntary passion that ever was suffered, and the most painful. It was most voluntary, and so most meritorious.
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Gary Hamel
American Businessman
If corporate leaders and their acolytes are not slaves to some meritorious social purpose, they run the risk of being enslaved by their own ignoble appetites.
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Friedrich Nietzsche
German Philosopher
Arrogance on the part of the meritorious is even more offensive to us than the arrogance of those without merit: for merit itself is offensive.
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Derek Bok
American Lawyer
I think the minority students that we admit to Harvard are every bit as meritorious as the white students that we admit.
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Thomas Aquinas
Italian Theologian
Not everything that is more difficult is more meritorious.
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Randy Orton
American Wrestler
I graduated boot camp with meritorious promotion.
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