He was court-martialed for dereliction of duty.
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Dereliction
//dɛɹ.ɪˈlɪk.ʃən//
Synonyms for "dereliction" (125 found)
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malfeasancemalumminor wrongmisdeedmisdemeanormisfeasancemisusemortal sinneglectneglectfulnessnegligencenonadherencenoncompliancenonconformancenonconformitynonfeasancenonfulfillmentnoninterferencenonobservancenonperformance
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nonrestrictionoffenceoffenseomissionoutrageoverlookingoversightpeccadillopeccancypermissivenesspoor stewardshipprocrastinationpunic faithrattingrecreancyremissnessschismsecessionsinsin of commissionsin of omissionsinful actslacknessslightsliptorttransgressiontrespasstriptrothlessnessunfaithunfaithfulnessunloyaltyunobservanceunrigorousnessunsteadfastnessuntruenessunutterable sinvenial sinwalkoutwrong
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16 translations across 6 languages.
Finnish
4 entries- hylkiö noun (the act of abandoning something, or the state of being abandoned)
- hylky noun (the act of abandoning something, or the state of being abandoned)
- hylkääminen noun (the act of abandoning something, or the state of being abandoned)
- laiminlyönti noun (willful neglect of one's duty)
French
2 entries- déréliction noun (the act of abandoning something, or the state of being abandoned)
- prévarication noun (willful neglect of one's duty)
German
3 entries- Dereliktion noun (the act of abandoning something, or the state of being abandoned)
- Dienstpflichtverletzung noun (willful neglect of one's duty)
- Pflichtversäumnis noun (willful neglect of one's duty)
Hebrew
1 entries- עזובה noun (willful neglect of one's duty)
Russian
4 entries- забро́шенность noun (the act of abandoning something, or the state of being abandoned)
- наруше́ние до́лга noun (willful neglect of one's duty)
- оставле́ние noun (the act of abandoning something, or the state of being abandoned)
- сабота́ж noun (willful neglect of one's duty)
Spanish
2 entries- abandono noun (the act of abandoning something, or the state of being abandoned)
- negligencia noun (willful neglect of one's duty)
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The new soldier did not clean his cabin and was scolded for dereliction and disobedience.
Source: wiktionary
What he did was a terrible dereliction of duty.
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And his final act—leaving the Watch to accompany Tormund and the Wildlings back into the woods North of the wall—no longer seems like a dereliction of duty. It’s the recovery of duty, found by a man who feels he betrayed his queen, who thinks there’s no longer a place for him in these lands.
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