Face and Merit

Face

Face noun - The front part of the head.

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

Nearby Words: faced, facing, facer, faceless

Merit noun - A quality that gives something special worth.

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

Nearby Words: merited, meriting

exact	exact face	exact merit
perfect	perfect face	perfect merit
true	true face	true merit
visible	visible face	visible merit
Other adjectives: actual, real, serious, huge, little, new.

He complains, with some merit, that the police academy did not prepare him to face monsters, space people, and mad doctors.

Source: Film / Night of the Ghouls
Another oddity is that, if The Rest actually show up, the character often sides with them by merit of being one of them, in the face of any other logic (e.g., that they are bad guys).

Source: Quest for the Rest
Given the cultures involved both believe heavily in advancement by merit (and face serious manpower shortages), it's possible that the only people who get jobs as laborers are the ones too incompetent to do anything else.

Source: Medieval Morons

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