desert
/dɪˈzɝt/ noun C2- That which is deserved or merited; a just punishment or reward. · just deserts· July 4, 1789, Alexander Hamilton, Eulogium on Major-General Greene His reputation falls far below his desert.
Plural deserts
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You have deprived the best years of his life of that independence which was no less his due than his desert.
“At the East, not far from here,” said one, “there is a great desert, and none could live to cross it.”
“The North is my home,” said the old lady, “and at its edge is the same great desert that surrounds this Land of Oz.
“Give me two or three days to consider the matter and I’ll try to find a way to carry you over the desert.
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