Dereliction

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dereliction \Der`e*lic"tion\, n. [L. derelictio.]
     1. The act of leaving with an intention not to reclaim or
        resume; an utter forsaking abandonment.
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              Cession or dereliction, actual or tacit, of other


              powers.                               --Burke.
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     2. A neglect or omission as if by willful abandonment.
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              A total dereliction of military duties. --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
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     3. The state of being left or abandoned.
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     4. (Law) A retiring of the sea, occasioning a change of
        high-water mark, whereby land is gained.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dereliction
       n 1: a tendency to be negligent and uncaring; "he inherited his
            delinquency from his father"; "his derelictions were not
            really intended as crimes"; "his adolescent protest
            consisted of willful neglect of all his
            responsibilities" [syn: {delinquency}, {willful neglect}]
       2: willful negligence

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  119 Moby Thesaurus words for "dereliction":
     Punic faith, abuse, apostasy, atrocity, bad faith, barratry,
     betrayal, bolt, breach, breach of faith, breach of promise,
     breach of trust, breakaway, crime, crime against humanity, culpa,
     culpable negligence, deadly sin, default, defection, delinquency,
     deserter, desertion, disaffection, disconformity, disloyalty,
     disregard, enormity, error, evil, failure, faithlessness,
     falseness, falsity, fault, felony, fickleness, genocide,
     guilty act, heavy sin, impropriety, inadvertence, inadvertency,
     inattention, inconstancy, indiscretion, inexpiable sin, infidelity,
     iniquity, injury, injustice, inobservance, laches, laissez-faire,
     lapse, laxity, laxness, looseness, mala fides, malefaction,
     malfeasance, malum, minor wrong, misdeed, misdemeanor, misfeasance,
     misuse, mortal sin, neglect, neglectfulness, negligence,
     nonadherence, noncompliance, nonconformance, nonconformity,
     nonfeasance, nonfulfillment, noninterference, nonobservance,
     nonperformance, nonrestriction, offense, omission, outrage,
     overlooking, oversight, peccadillo, peccancy, permissiveness,
     poor stewardship, procrastination, ratting, recreancy, remissness,
     schism, secession, sin, sin of commission, sin of omission,
     sinful act, slackness, slight, slip, tort, transgression, trespass,
     trip, trothlessness, unfaith, unfaithfulness, unloyalty,
     unobservance, unrigorousness, unsteadfastness, untrueness,
     unutterable sin, venial sin, walkout, wrong