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   De·serts

   /dəˈzərts/

   

   plural

   • 1. a person's worthiness or entitlement to reward or punishment: "the penal system fails to punish offenders in accordance with their deserts"

   Word Origin Middle English: via Old French desert, from deservir ‘serve well’ (see deserve).

   Scrabble Points: 8

   • D

     2

   • E

     1

   • S

     1

   • E

     1

   • R

     1

   • T

     1

   • S

     1

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