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dereliction
noun
1 dereliction
A tendency to be negligent and uncaring:
— His derelictions were not really intended as crimes.
synonyms: delinquency, willful neglect.
Roget 782:
relinquishment,
abandonment
etc.
(of a course)
624;
renunciation,
expropriation†,
dereliction;
cession,
surrender,
dispensation;
quitclaim deed;
resignation
etc.
757;
riddance.
derelict
etc.
adj.;
foundling;
jetsam,
waif.
discards,
culls,
rejects;
garbage,
refuse,
rubbish.
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Roget 947:
guilt,
guiltiness;
culpability;
criminality,
criminousness†;
deviation from rectitude
etc.
(improbity)
940†;
sinfulness
etc.
(vice)
945.
misconduct,
misbehavior,
misdoing,
misdeed;
malpractice,
fault,
sin,
error,
transgression;
dereliction,
delinquency;
indiscretion,
lapse,
slip,
trip,
faux pas [Fr.],
peccadillo;
flaw,
blot,
omission;
failing,
failure;
break,
bad break! [U.S.],
capital crime,
delictum [Lat.].
offense,
trespass;
misdemeanor,
misfeasance,
misprision;
malefaction,
malfeasance,
malversation;
crime,
felony.
enormity,
atrocity,
outrage;
deadly sin,
mortal sin;
deed without a name"
[Macbeth].
corpus delicti.
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2 dereliction
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