dereliction
English
Etymology
From Latin dērelictiō (“neglect, abandonment”), from dērelinquō (“I neglect, abandon”), from dē- + re- + linquō (“I leave”).
Pronunciation
- (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /dɛɹ.ɪ.ˈlɪk.ʃən/
- Rhymes: -ɪkʃən
- Hyphenation: der‧e‧lic‧tion
Noun
dereliction (countable and uncountable, plural derelictions)
- Willful neglect of one's duty.
- 2019 May 19, Alex McLevy, “The final Game Of Thrones brings a pensive but simple meditation about stories (newbies)”, in The A.V. Club:
- 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.
- The new soldier did not clean his cabin and was scolded for dereliction and disobedience.
- What he did was a terrible dereliction of duty.
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- The act of abandoning something, or the state of being abandoned.
- 1651, Jer[emy] Taylor, The Rule and Exercises of Holy Living. […], 2nd edition, London: […] Francis Ashe […], OCLC 1203220866:
- To this we must contend with prayer , with actual dereliction and seposition of all our other affairs
- 2021 December 15, Robin Leleux, “Awards honour the best restoration projects: The Network Rail Community Award: Saltash and Stow”, in RAIL, number 946, page 58:
- After years of unsympathetic commercial use and dereliction, nothing of note remained inside, which accordingly has been reconfigured with modern amenities such as underfloor heating.
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- Land gained from the water by a change of water-line.
Translations
willful neglect of one's duty
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the act of abandoning something, or the state of being abandoned
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Anagrams
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