Definition of meriting:
(n) :
(countable, uncountable) Something deserving or worthy of positive recognition or reward.
(n) :
(countable) A claim to commendation or a reward.
(n) :
(countable) A mark or token of approbation or to recognize excellence.
(v) :
(transitive) To deserve, to earn.
(v) :
(intransitive) To be deserving or worthy.
(n) :
(uncountable, law) Usually in the plural form the merits: the substantive rightness or wrongness of a legal argument, a lawsuit, etc., as opposed to technical matters such as the admissibility of evidence or points of legal procedure; (by extension) the overall good or bad quality, or rightness or wrongness, of some other thing.