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dereliction
[ der-uh-lik-shuhn ]
noun
- deliberate or conscious neglect; negligence; delinquency:
dereliction of duty.
- the act of abandoning something.
Synonyms: desertion
- the state of being abandoned.
- Law. a leaving dry of land by recession of the water line.
dereliction
/ ˌdɛrɪˈlɪkʃən /
noun
- deliberate, conscious, or wilful neglect (esp in the phrase dereliction of duty )
- the act of abandoning or deserting or the state of being abandoned or deserted
- law
- accretion of dry land gained by the gradual receding of the sea or by a river changing its course
- the land thus left
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Example Sentences
Collectively, their national commitments constitute a dereliction of duty on a global scale, and a damning failure of leadership and diplomacy.
People in Texas died at disproportionate rates because of a dereliction on behalf of the governor.
Documents released on Friday suggest some could face criminal charges of dereliction of duty or negligence, but no charges have been announced.
This is a dereliction of duty, pure and simple—a firing offense.
Christie still has time to learn from this dereliction of duty.
Seaman's mind-boggling dereliction of responsibility harms the state whose interests he was, and is, tasked with protecting.
By rejecting this last attempt to suborn a dereliction of duty, Henry saved my reputation, my honor, my life, really.
It had suffered a sizeable brain drain, since over a third of its workforce was fired by Chavez for dereliction of duty.
Nor are you deviating from Christian charity in not overlooking a dereliction of so material a sort.
To abandon any part of the inheritance of primitive times would be gross heresy, a fatal dereliction of Christian duty.
By that time Jack had recovered his usual good nature, and was as ready to jest as his companion over his dereliction of duty.
The duties of both rank and file were strictly laid down by Washington, and any dereliction was punished with military strictness.
I never heard of any of them being removed for incompetency, dereliction of duty or malfeasance.
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