De‐mer″it, v. t. [Cf. F. démériter to deserve ill. See Demerit, n.] 1. To deserve; — said in reference to both praise and blame.
If I have demerited any love or thanks. Udall.
Executed as a traitor... as he well demerited. State Trials (1645).
2. To depreciate or cry down. Bp. Woolton.