Definition of "merits" []

• Plural form of merit. (noun)
• Intrinsic advantages, as opposed to political or procedural advantages. (noun)
• Substance, distinguished from form or procedure. (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of merit. (verb)

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• "_not _excellence if it require to be demonstrated as such: -- and thus to point out too particularly the merits of a work of Art, is to admit that they are _not _merits altogether."
• "Seriously, this notion of somehow getting the Republicans to vote for a health care bill through earnest persuasion on the merits is as charming as a puppy about to step on a landmine."
• "No, the doctrine of our merits is altogether unscriptural and antiscriptural; there is no foundation of any good hope upon that account."