demerit
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a mark against a person for misconduct or failure; usually given in school or armed forces
ten demerits and he loses his privileges
Types & categories
- stigma hypernym
Sense 2 noun
the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection
they discussed the merits and demerits of her novel
Types & categories
- worth hypernym
Related & opposite
- merit antonym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | stigma |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | merit |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | worth |