DEMERIT

noun to depreciate or cry down.

2. demerit ·vi to deserve praise or blame.

3. demerit ·noun the state of one who deserves ill.

4. demerit ·noun that which one merits or deserves, either of good or ill; desert.

5. demerit ·noun to deserve;

— said in reference to both praise and blame.

6. demerit ·noun that which deserves blame; ill desert; a fault; a vice; misconduct;

— the opposite of merit.