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desertnoun1 land that is uninhabited or not fit for cropswe were lost in the desert for days without food barren, desolation, heath, no-man's-land, waste, wasteland badlandbrush, bushdust bowlopen, open air, outdoors, out-of-doorsnature, wild, wilderness desertnoun2suffering, loss, or hardship imposed in response to a crime or offensethe robbers got their just deserts castigation, chastisement, comeuppance, correction, discipline, nemesis, penalty, punishment, wrath reprisal, retaliation, retribution, revenge, vengeanceassessment, charge, fine, mulctexample, sentenceconfinement, imprisonment, incarcerationcondemnation, damnation, denouncementcensure, criticism, rebuke, reprimand, reproof amnesty, indemnity, pardon, paroleacquittal, exculpation, exoneration, vindicationexemption, immunity, impunityreleasecommutation, reprieveabsolution, forgiveness, remission, remitmentcondonation, disregard, overlooking desertverbto leave (a cause or party) often in order to take up anotherthe volunteer became disillusioned with his candidate and deserted to a political rival defect (from), rat (on) abandon, abdicate, abjure, apostatize, cut off, disown, forsake, quit, reject, renounce, repudiate, spurnrenegedepart, go, leave, withdraw go back on, jump ship, run out on, walk out on adhere (to), cling (to), stick (to or with)cherish, cultivate, foster to cause to remain behinddeserted the kids at the food court for some independent shopping abandon, forsake, leave, maroon, quit, strand discard, ditch, dump, fling, jettison, junk, scrap, shed, shuck (off), throw away, throw outdeliver, give up, hand over, relinquish, surrender, yieldescape, retreat (from), take off (from), vacate, withdraw (from)abjure, cut off, disown, reject, renounce, repudiate, separate (from)sacrificedistancedisregard, forget, ignore, neglect walk away from, walk out on reclaim harbor, have, hold, keep, own, possess, reserve, retain, withholdredeem, rescue, save v.abandon, desert, forsake mean to leave without intending to return.abandon suggests that the thing or person left may be helpless without protection.abandoned children desert implies that the object left may be weakened but not destroyed by one's absence.a deserted town forsake suggests an action more likely to bring impoverishment or bereavement to that which is forsaken than its exposure to physical dangers.a forsaken lover in the 13th century |