demerit
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Scene of the attempted break was the Detention Demerit Building, popularly known as Cherry Hill, where the prison's most unruly criminals are kept.
From Time Magazine Archive
V. The Analysis of the sense of Merit and Demerit.
From An Essay on the History of Civil Society, Eighth Edition by Ferguson, Adam
Demerit for the graduating class ceases to count after the 1st of June, and the individual sense of honor and duty is about the only restraint against lapses of discipline.
From Starlight Ranch and Other Stories of Army Life on the Frontier by King, Charles
If there is no such Thing as Free-Will in Creatures, there can be neither Merit nor Demerit in Creatures.
From Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes by Jorgenson, Chester E.
Demerit for absences and other irregularities is also marked in like manner, and made the basis of discipline.
From A Collection of College Words and Customs by Hall, Benjamin Homer
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