Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to demerit
Participle: demerited
Gerund: demeriting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | demerit |
| you | demerit |
| he;she;it | demerits |
| we | demerit |
| you | demerit |
| they | demerit |
Perfect
| I | have demerited |
| you | have demerited |
| he;she;it | has demerited |
| we | have demerited |
| you | have demerited |
| they | have demerited |
Past
| I | demerited |
| you | demerited |
| he;she;it | demerited |
| we | demerited |
| you | demerited |
| they | demerited |
Pluperfect
| I | had demerited |
| you | had demerited |
| he;she;it | had demerited |
| we | had demerited |
| you | had demerited |
| they | had demerited |
Future
| I | will demerit |
| you | will demerit |
| he;she;it | will demerit |
| we | will demerit |
| you | will demerit |
| they | will demerit |
Future Perfect
| I | will have demerited |
| you | will have demerited |
| he;she;it | will have demerited |
| we | will have demerited |
| you | will have demerited |
| they | will have demerited |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | demerit |
| you | demerit |
| he;she;it | demerit |
| we | demerit |
| you | demerit |
| they | demerit |
Perfect
| I | have demerited |
| you | have demerited |
| he;she;it | have demerited |
| we | have demerited |
| you | have demerited |
| they | have demerited |
Imperfect
| I | demerited |
| you | demerited |
| he;she;it | demerited |
| we | demerited |
| you | demerited |
| they | demerited |
Pluperfect
| I | had demerited |
| you | had demerited |
| he;she;it | had demerited |
| we | had demerited |
| you | had demerited |
| they | had demerited |
Conditional
Present
| I | would demerit |
| you | would demerit |
| he;she;it | would demerit |
| we | would demerit |
| you | would demerit |
| they | would demerit |
Perfect
| I | would have demerited |
| you | would have demerited |
| he;she;it | would have demerited |
| we | would have demerited |
| you | would have demerited |
| they | would have demerited |
Imperative
| you | demerit |
| we | Let's demerit |
| you | demerit |
Verbs conjugated like 'demerit'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'demerit'
dement,
demerge,
demerse,
demit,
desert,
merit,
premerit,
bemeet,
bemercy,
bemerd,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1399, from O.Fr. desmerite, from des- "not, opposite" + merite "merit." L. demereri meant "to merit, deserve," from de- in its completive sense. But M.L. demeritum meant "fault." Both senses existed in the M.Fr. form of the word. Meaning "penalty point in school" is attested from 1862.
2. From Latin dēmerit-, the past partipicial stem of dēmereō. By surface analysis, de- + merit.
Sample Sentences
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You hold that every sin is an infinite evil, demeriting endless punishment. [1840, Alexander Campbell, Dolphus Skinner, A discussion of the doctrines of the endless misery and universal salvation, page 351:]
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Faith by her own dignity and worthiness doth not demerit justice and righteousness; but receiveth and embraceth the same offered unto us in the gospel […] [1576, John Woolton, The Christian Manuell:]