Merit and Standing

Merit

Merit noun - A quality that gives something special worth.

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

Nearby Words: merited, meriting

Standing noun - High position within society.

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Merit and standing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Merit" instead a noun "Standing".

Nearby Word: stand

special	special merit	special standing
equal	equal merit	equal standing
exact	exact merit	exact standing
common	common merit	common standing
Other adjectives: standard, relative, legal, single, dubious, questionable, little, bad, personal, moral, new, general, final, greater, academic, economic.

Jerkass Has a Point: Beckert is an insane child murderer, but his condemnation of the hypocrisy of the 'court' standing in judgement of him isn't entirely without merit.

Source: Film / M
The army is almost completely run by females but the women aren't considered 'better' than the men, they have roughly equal standing with them as merit is given by competence, cunning, dedication and ability.

Source: Roleplay / Disney World Of War
However, tied up in the performance was Captain Louis Edward Nolan, a "merit" officer, who may have intentionally miscommunicated the order to advance (the supposedly "garbled" order would have been quite comprehensible to a man standing where it was drafted).

Source: Modern Major General

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