Defenition of the word dereliction

• Defenition of the word dereliction

  • The act of abandoning something.
  • 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"
  • willful negligence
  • a tendency to be negligent and uncaring

Synonyms for the word dereliction

• • abandonment
  • carelessness
  • delinquency
  • desertion
  • dilapidation
  • disregard
  • failure
  • lack of care
  • neglect
  • negligence
  • recklessness
  • ruin
  • willful neglect

Similar words in the dereliction

• • dereliction
  • dereliction's

Hyponyms for the word dereliction

• • nonfeasance

Hypernyms for the word dereliction

• • actus reus
  • carelessness
  • misconduct
  • neglect
  • neglectfulness
  • negligence
  • nonperformance
  • wrongdoing
  • wrongful conduct

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