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deserted |
deserter |
desertic soil |
desertification |
desertion |
deserts
| deserve
| deserved
| deservedly
| deserving
| deservingness
deserts
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun deserts has 1 sense
- deserts(n = noun.event) comeupance, comeuppance - an outcome (good or bad) that is well deserved; Array is a kind of aftermath, consequence
THESAURUS
deserts
castigation, chastening, chastisement, comeuppance, compensation, condign punishment, correction, desert, disciplinary measures, discipline, due reward, dues, ferule, infliction, judgment, judicial punishment, just deserts, merits, nemesis, pains, pains and punishments, pay, payment, penal retribution, penalty, penology, punishment, punition, quittance, recompense, reprisal, requital, retribution, retributive justice, revenge, reward, scourge, well-deserved punishment, what is due, what is merited, what-for
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