merits
/ˈmɛɹ.ɪts/ noun C1- Intrinsic advantages, as opposed to political or procedural advantages. · I was the boss's pet project, but was rejected on the merits.
- Substance, distinguished from form or procedure. · The merits of the case favored the plaintiffs, but their procedural blunders set them back.
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Gardiner, highly amused by the kind of family prejudice, to which he attributed her excessive commendation of her master, soon led again to the subject; and she dwelt with energy on his many merits, as they proceeded together up the great staircase.
“Your merits should be publicly recognized.
Having concluded this to my satisfaction and learning that only one of my enemies was now left in London, I was about to return when my movements were hastened by the news of this very remarkable Park Lane Mystery, which not only appealed to me by its own merits, but which seemed to offer some most peculiar personal opportunities.
“Let Memphis cease to boast the barbarous miracles of her pyramids, and the wonders of Babylon be talked of no more among us; all must bow to the superiority of the gigantic labor of the Cæsars, and the many voices of Fame spread far and wide the surpassing merits of this incomparable monument.”
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