Definition of desert

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Desert (n.) That which is deserved; the reward or the punishment justly due; claim to recompense, usually in a good sense; right to reward; merit..

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Desertrix :: Desertrix (n.) Alt. of Desertric.
Desertlessly :: Desertlessly (adv.) Undeservedly.
Ratter :: Ratter (n.) One who, or that which, rats, as one who deserts his party..
Wasteness :: Wasteness (n.) That which is waste; a desert; a waste.
Detractory :: Detractory (a.) Defamatory by denial of desert; derogatory; calumnious.
Casualty :: Casualty (n.) Numerical loss caused by death, wounds, discharge, or desertion..
Foundling :: Foundling (v. t.) A deserted or exposed infant; a child found without a parent or owner.
Desertion :: Desertion (n.) The act of deserting or forsaking; abandonment of a service, a cause, a party, a friend, or any post of duty; the quitting of one's duties willfully and without right; esp., an absconding from military or naval service..
Deservedly :: Deservedly (adv.) According to desert (whether good or evil); justly.
Forsake :: Forsake (v. t.) To quit or leave entirely; to desert; to abandon; to depart or withdraw from; to leave; as, false friends and flatterers forsake us in adversity..
Merit :: Merit (v. i.) To acquire desert; to gain value; to receive benefit; to profit.
Demerit :: Demerit (n.) That which deserves blame; ill desert; a fault; a vice; misconduct; -- the opposite of merit.
Leave :: Leave (v.) To desert; to abandon; to forsake; hence, to give up; to relinquish..
Underpraise :: Underpraise (v. t.) To praise below desert.
Sirocco :: Sirocco (n.) An oppressive, relaxing wind from the Libyan deserts, chiefly experienced in Italy, Malta, and Sicily..
Abandon :: Abandon (v. t.) To give up absolutely; to forsake entirely ; to renounce utterly; to relinquish all connection with or concern on; to desert, as a person to whom one owes allegiance or fidelity; to quit; to surrender..
Wilderness :: Wilderness (v. t.) A tract of land, or a region, uncultivated and uninhabited by human beings, whether a forest or a wide, barren plain; a wild; a waste; a desert; a pathless waste of any kind..
Willow :: Willow (n.) Any tree or shrub of the genus Salix, including many species, most of which are characterized often used as an emblem of sorrow, desolation, or desertion. A wreath of willow to show my forsaken plight. Sir W. Scott. Hence, a lover forsaken by, or having lost, the person beloved, is said to wear the willow..
Desert :: Desert (n.) A tract, which may be capable of sustaining a population, but has been left unoccupied and uncultivated; a wilderness; a solitary place..
Caravan :: Caravan (n.) A company of travelers, pilgrims, or merchants, organized and equipped for a long journey, or marching or traveling together, esp. through deserts and countries infested by robbers or hostile tribes, as in Asia or Africa..
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