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Dereliction

//dɛɹ.ɪˈlɪk.ʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Willful neglect of one's duty. countable, uncountable

    "The new soldier did not clean his cabin and was scolded for dereliction and disobedience."

  2. 2
    willful negligence wordnet
  3. 3
    The act of abandoning something, or the state of being abandoned. countable, uncountable

    "To this we must contend with prayer , with actual dereliction and seposition of all our other affairs"

  4. 4
    a tendency to be negligent and uncaring wordnet
  5. 5
    Land gained from the water by a change of water-line. countable, uncountable

Etymology

From Latin dērelictiō (“neglect, abandonment”), from dērelinquō (“I neglect, abandon”), from dē- + re- + linquō (“I leave”).

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