• abandon (a person, cause, or organization) in a way considered disloyal or treacherous

Synonyms: abandoned, forsaken, cast off/aside, thrown over, betrayed, jilted, abandon, leave, give up, cast off, turn one's back on, renounce, renege on, repudiate, forswear, relinquish, wash one's hands of, have no more truck with, have done with, abjure, disavow

• a waterless, desolate area of land with little or no vegetation, typically one covered with sand

Synonyms: wasteland, waste, wilderness, wilds, dust bowl, barren land

• a flock of lapwings

• what a person deserves with regard to reward or (more usually) punishment

Synonyms: reward, recompense, requital, retribution