Meaning of DERELICTION
| Pronunciation: | | `deru'likshun
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- [n] willful negligence
- [n] 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"
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| | Synonyms: | | delinquency, willful neglect |
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| | See Also: | | actus reus, carelessness, misconduct, neglect, neglect, neglectfulness, negligence, negligence, nonfeasance, nonperformance, wrongdoing, wrongful conduct | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Der`e*lic"tion\, n. [L. derelictio.]
1. The act of leaving with an intention not to reclaim or
resume; an utter forsaking abandonment.
Cession or dereliction, actual or tacit, of other
powers. --Burke.
2. A neglect or omission as if by willful abandonment.
A total dereliction of military duties. --Sir W.
Scott.
3. The state of being left or abandoned.
4. (Law) A retiring of the sea, occasioning a change of
high-water mark, whereby land is gained.
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| | Related Terms: | | 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, Punic faith, 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 |
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