(1):
(v. i.) To deserve praise or blame.
(2):
(n.) To deserve; - said in reference to both praise and blame.
(3):
(n.) To depreciate or cry down.
(4):
(n.) The state of one who deserves ill.
(5):
(n.) That which one merits or deserves, either of good or ill; desert.
(6):
(n.) That which deserves blame; ill desert; a fault; a vice; misconduct; - the opposite of merit.