Definition of desert

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Desert (v. t.) To leave (especially something which one should stay by and support); to leave in the lurch; to abandon; to forsake; -- implying blame, except sometimes when used of localities; as, to desert a friend, a principle, a cause, one's country..

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Forsaker :: Forsaker (n.) One who forsakes or deserts.
Deserving :: Deserving (n.) Desert; merit.
Etiolated :: Etiolated (a.) Having a blanched or faded appearance, as birds inhabiting desert regions..
Defection :: Defection (n.) Act of abandoning a person or cause to which one is bound by allegiance or duty, or to which one has attached himself; desertion; failure in duty; a falling away; apostasy; backsliding..
Sterile :: Sterile (a.) Producing little or no crop; barren; unfruitful; unproductive; not fertile; as, sterile land; a sterile desert; a sterile year..
Casualty :: Casualty (n.) Numerical loss caused by death, wounds, discharge, or desertion..
Underpraise :: Underpraise (v. t.) To praise below desert.
Wild :: Wild (n.) An uninhabited and uncultivated tract or region; a forest or desert; a wilderness; a waste; as, the wilds of America; the wilds of Africa..
Chick-pea :: Chick-pea (n.) Its nutritious seed, used in cookery, and especially, when roasted (parched pulse), as food for travelers in the Eastern deserts..
Desertion :: Desertion (n.) The state of being forsaken; desolation; as, the king in his desertion..
Desertness :: Desertness (n.) A deserted condition.
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..
Manna :: Manna (n.) A name given to lichens of the genus Lecanora, sometimes blown into heaps in the deserts of Arabia and Africa, and gathered and used as food..
Fail :: Fail (v. t.) To be wanting to ; to be insufficient for; to disappoint; to desert.
Leave :: Leave (v.) To desert; to abandon; to forsake; hence, to give up; to relinquish..
Foundling :: Foundling (v. t.) A deserted or exposed infant; a child found without a parent or owner.
Transfugitive :: Transfugitive (n.) One who flees from one side to another; hence, a deserter; a turncoat; an apostate..
Desertion :: Desertion (n.) Abandonment by God; spiritual despondency.
Renegade :: Renegade (n.) One who deserts from a military or naval post; a deserter.
Retribution :: Retribution (n.) That which is given in repayment or compensation; return suitable to the merits or deserts of, as an action; commonly, condign punishment for evil or wrong..
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