Help and Merit

Help

Help noun - An act or instance of helping.

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Merit and help are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Merit" instead the word "Help" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: helpful, helped, helpless, helper, helping

Merit noun - A quality that gives something special worth.

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Help and merit are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Help" instead the word "Merit" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: merited, meriting

special	special help	special merit
considerable	considerable help	considerable merit
legal	legal help	legal merit
genuine	genuine help	genuine merit
Other adjectives: sheer, actual, real, great, serious, huge, little, personal, new, major, useful, general, possible, final, limited, military, extra, significant, local.

help reputation

merit reputation

Ajax rejects the gods' help and boasts that he will be the best fighter on his own merit.

Source: Blasphemous Boast
Blasphemous Boast: Ajax rejects the gods' help and boasts that he will be the best fighter on his own merit.

Source: Theatre / Ajax
Of course, refusing has no merit, as you are trapped in Cerulean City until you help him and he hands the player the next Plot Coupon (the ticket necessary to enter the S.S. Anne).

Source: But Thou Must!

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