Merit and Maintain

Merit

Merit verb - To be or make worthy of (as a reward or punishment).

Maintain and merit are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Maintain" instead a verb "Merit".

Nearby Words: merited, meriting

Maintain

Maintain verb - To keep in good condition.

Merit and maintain are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Merit" instead a verb "Maintain".

Mutual synonyms

Common collocations

reputation merit reputation maintain reputation
place merit place maintain place
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