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Showing words for DEMERIT using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Demerit

demerit, dimeter, merited, mitered, retimed

6 Letter Words for Demerit

determ, dieter, emerit, itemed, metier, reedit, reemit, remeid, retied, retime, tedier, termed, tiered, tremie

5 Letter Words for Demerit

demit, deter, dimer, diter, edite, eider, eimer, ermit, merde, mered, merit, meted, meter, mired, miter, mtier, remet, remit, retem, retie, rimed, temed, timed, timer, tired, treed, tride, tried

4 Letter Words for Demerit

deem, deer, deet, deme, demi, dere, derm, deti, diem, dier, diet, dime, dire, dirt, dite, dree, drie, edit, eide, eire, emer, emir, emit, ered, erie, erme, idee, idem, ired, item, iter, mede, meed, meer, meet, merd, mere, meri, mete, mide, mird, mire, mite, rede, reed, reem, reet, reim, reit, retd, rete, ride, riem, rime, rite, teed, teem, teer, teme, term, tide, tied, tier, time, tire, tree, trid, trie, trim

3 Letter Words for Demerit

dee, dei, dem, der, det, die, dim, dir, dit, eer, eir, eme, erd, ere, ert, ide, ire, itd, med, mee, mei, mer, met, mid, mir, mit, mrd, mri, mtd, red, ree, rei, rem, rid, rie, rim, rit, rte, rti, tdr, ted, tee, tem, ter, tid, tie, tim, tri, trm

Definitions for Demerit

[1] a mark against a person for misconduct or deficiency: If you receive four demerits during a term, you will be expelled from school.
[2] the quality of being censurable or punishable; fault; culpability.
[3] Obsolete . merit or desert.
[4] something, esp conduct, that deserves censure
[5] US and Canadian a mark given against a person for failure or misconduct, esp in schools or the armed forces
[6] a fault or disadvantage

Words related to Demerit

punishment

Words nearby Demerit

dementia pugilistica, demento, demerara, demerge, demerger, demerit, demerol, demersal, demesne, demeter, demeton

Origin of Demerit

1350–1400; Middle English (< Old French desmerite ) < Medieval Latin dēmeritum fault, noun use of neuter past participle of Latin dēmerēre to earn, win the favor of (dē- taken in ML as privative, hence pejorative). See de-, merit

Other words from Demerit

de·mer·i·to·ri·ous [dih-mer-i-tawr -ee-uh  s, -tohr -] /dɪˌmɛr ɪˈtɔr i əs, -ˈtoʊr-/ , adjective
de·mer·i·to·ri·ous·ly , adverb

Word origin for Demerit

C14 (originally: worth, later specialized to mean: something worthy of blame): from Latin dēmerērī to deserve

Synonyms for Demerit

punishment, bad mark, loss of credit, loss of points, mark against one