Index of English words, starting with "de"

(1) - Deserter (n.) One who forsakes a duty, a cause or a party, a friend, or any one to whom he owes service; especially, a soldier or a seaman who abandons the service without leave; one guilty of desertion.

(1) - Desertion (n.) Abandonment by God; spiritual despondency.
(2) - Desertion (n.) The state of being forsaken; desolation; as, the king in his desertion.
(3) - Desertion (n.) 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.

(1) - Deserve (v. i.) To be worthy of recompense; -- usually with ill or with well.
(2) - Deserve (v. t.) To serve; to treat; to benefit.
(3) - Deserve (v. t.) 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.

(1) - Deservedly (adv.) According to desert (whether good or evil); justly.