Term: demerit: the quality of being inadequate or falling short of perfection
Candidate hypernym: quality: an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; --Shakespeare → 1
Candidate hypernym: chlordiazepoxide: a tranquilizer (trade names Librium and Libritabs) used in the treatment of alcoholism → 0
Candidate hypernym: lead: mixture of graphite with clay in different degrees of hardness; the marking substance in a pencil → 0
Candidate hypernym: two-spotted ladybug: red ladybug with a black spot on each wing → 0
Candidate hypernym: domestic violence: violence or physical abuse directed toward your spouse or domestic partner; usually violence by men against women → 0
Candidate hypernym: genus psilophyton: type genus of the Psilophytaceae: genus of small wiry herbaceous Paleozoic plants with underground rhizomes and apical sporangia → 0
Candidate hypernym: square: the product of two equal terms → 0
Candidate hypernym: filament: a threadlike structure (as a chainlike series of cells) → 0
Candidate hypernym: faculty: one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind → 0
Candidate hypernym: pen: a writing implement with a point from which ink flows → 0
Candidate hypernym: steeplechase: a horse race over an obstructed course → 0