 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
merited
adjective: properly deserved; "a merited success" [ant: {unmerited}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Merit \Mer"it\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Merited}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Meriting}.] [F. m['e]riter, L. meritare, v. intens. fr.
merere. See {Merit}, noun]
1. To earn by service or performance; to have a right to
claim as reward; to deserve; sometimes, to deserve in a
bad sense; as, to merit punishment. ''This kindness merits
thanks.'' --Shak.
2. To reward. [R. & Obs.] --Chapman.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
35 Moby Thesaurus words for "merited":
appropriate, balanced, condign, defensible, deserved, due, earned,
entitled, equitable, even, evenhanded, fair, fair and square, fit,
good, just, justifiable, justified, lawful, legal, level, meet,
meet and right, proper, qualified, requisite, right,
right and proper, rightful, square, suitable, warrantable,
warranted, well-earned, worthy
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