dereliction

From Latin dērelictiō (“neglect, abandonment”), from dērelinquō (“I neglect, abandon”), from dē- + re- + linquō (“I leave”).

• (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /dɛɹ.ɪ.ˈlɪk.ʃən/
• Rhymes: -ɪkʃən
• Hyphenation: der‧e‧lic‧tion

dereliction (countable and uncountable, plural derelictions)

1. Willful neglect of one's duty.

   The new soldier did not clean his cabin and was scolded for dereliction and disobedience.

   What he did was a terrible dereliction of duty.

2. The act of abandoning something, or the state of being abandoned.
3. Land gained from the water by a change of water-line.

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