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Synonyms for meritorious
ˌmɛr ɪˈtɔr i əs, -ˈtoʊr-mer·i·to·ri·ous
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Wiktionary
meritoriousadjective
Antonyms:
immeritoriousmeritoriousadjective
The policeman received the Award of Meritorious Service from his grateful department.
Antonyms:
immeritorious
English Synonyms and Antonyms
Princeton's WordNet
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
meritoriousadjective
Synonyms:
worthy, commendable, meedful, deserving
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "meritorious":
deserving, commendable, merit-based, worthy, praiseworthy, laudable
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Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#109 | just | |
#234 | right | |
#546 | legal | |
#4904 | moral | |
#7271 | innocent | |
#8085 | worthy | |
#15598 | lawful | |
#23861 | deserving | |
#31891 | virtuous | |
#41126 | meritorious | |
#43806 | commendable | |
#57665 | laudable | |
#76738 | praiseworthy |
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It just sends such an importantsignal if you stand with us and youstand against extremism we'll be there for you. We will honor that commitment, i am, as are many conservatives, in favor of merit-based immigration, and I can't think of anyone more meritorious than those who have stood and fought with us rather than random lottery systems.
My work is very much driven by the fact that we don't live in a meritorious society and some people are more likely to experience pain and suffering than others, a lot of us are very comfortable acknowledging that given certain circumstances, we could be in the same bad situation as someone else. But it's more than that -- it's about seeing yourself in others.
If time marches on and more things are said and it becomes clear this isn't a meritorious prosecution they're running ... that could lead the minister to say, 'At the end of the day, I'm not prepared to order surrender, here'.
Let's face it, this mission was fraught with peril, because there's no way to flee without causing a stampede, and there's no way to have a stampede that's orderly and meritorious.
Commuting his sentence would honor his very meritorious service to this country, we should not be executing those we sent into harm’s way and who were deeply wounded, physically and mentally.
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