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desert 3 forsake, abandon. XV. f. †desert pp. or — F. déserter, in OF. make desert, ult. f. L. dēsertus DESERT 2.
So desertion XV. — (O)F. — late L.

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology T. F. HOAD

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desert See JUSTICE, SOCIAL.

A Dictionary of Sociology GORDON MARSHALL

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