DPage 177
- English Word Desertion Definition The act of deserting or forsaking; abandonment of a service, a cause, a party, a friend, or any post of duty; the quitting of one's duties willfully and without right; esp., an absconding from military or naval service.
- English Word Desertion Definition The state of being forsaken; desolation; as, the king in his desertion.
- English Word Desertion Definition Abandonment by God; spiritual despondency.
- English Word Desertless Definition Without desert.
- English Word Desertlessly Definition Undeservedly.
- English Word Desertness Definition A deserted condition.
- English Word Desertrice Definition A feminine deserter.
- English Word Desertrix Definition Alt. of Desertrice
- English Word Deserve Definition To earn by service; to be worthy of (something due, either good or evil); to merit; to be entitled to; as, the laborer deserves his wages; a work of value deserves praise.
- English Word Deserve Definition To serve; to treat; to benefit.
- English Word Deserve Definition To be worthy of recompense; -- usually with ill or with well.
- English Word Deserved Definition of Deserve
- English Word Deservedly Definition According to desert (whether good or evil); justly.
- English Word Deservedness Definition Meritoriousness.
- English Word Deserver Definition One who deserves.
- English Word Deserving Definition of Deserve
- English Word Deserving Definition Desert; merit.
- English Word Deserving Definition Meritorious; worthy; as, a deserving person or act.
- English Word Deshabille Definition An undress; a careless toilet.
- English Word Desiccant Definition Drying; desiccative.