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de·sert [ di zúrt ] (plural de·serts)


noun 
Definition:
 
punishment or reward: something deserved, either punishment or reward ( usually used in the plural )
He'll get his just deserts.

[13th century. < Old French, "what is deserved" < past participle of deservir (see deserve)]

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