Ability and Merit

Ability

Ability noun - The physical or mental power to do something.

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Merit and ability are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Merit" instead a noun "Ability".

Nearby Word: able

Merit noun - A quality that gives something special worth.

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Ability and merit are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ability" instead a noun "Merit".

Nearby Words: merited, meriting

musical	musical ability	musical merit
special	special ability	special merit
particular	particular ability	particular merit
common	common ability	common merit
Other adjectives: exceptional, standard, single, actual, real, great, little, new, useful, general, final, extra, greater, technical.

The Corporate Samurai has, through merit and ability, risen above Red Shirt status.

Source: Corporate Samurai
His tyranny of the masses is as follows: an equivocation of the virtue of equality will confound the belief that all people are equal in rights and dignity with the belief that all people are equal in ability and merit.

Source: Literature / The Screwtape Letters
Paranoia has "clearance levels" that are theoretically merit-based rankings where greater skill is rewarded by more authority and higher quality of life, but in reality it's a Fantastic Caste System where the only merit that counts for anything is the ability to manipulate Friend Computer.

Source: Fake Aristocrat

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