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deserts
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[dɪˈzəːts], (Noun)
Definitions:
- what a person deserves with regard to reward or (more usually) punishment
(e.g: the penal system fails to punish offenders in accordance with their deserts)
Phrases:
- get one's just deserts
Origin
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Middle English: via Old French desert, from deservir ‘serve well’ (see deserve)
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