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