dereliction
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əˈlɪk
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| —n | |
| 1. | deliberate, conscious, or wilful neglect (esp in the phrase dereliction of duty) |
| 2. | the act of abandoning or deserting or the state of being abandoned or deserted |
| 3. | law |
| a. accretion of dry land gained by the gradual receding of the sea or by a river changing its course | |
| b. the land thus left | |
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Word Origin & History
dereliction
1590s, "abandonment" (formerly with a wider range than in modern use, e.g. of the sea withdrawing from the land), from L. derelictionem, noun of action from derelinquere (see derelict). Meaning "failure in duty" is from c.1830.
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Example sentences
Dereliction of duty was a primary cause of soldiers getting into trouble.
Down amid the eerie dereliction, both the allure and the scepticism are understandable.
The eight soldiers were charged with manslaughter, negligent homicide, reckless endangerment and dereliction of duty.
Schwartz is charged with eight counts of dereliction of duty.
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