dereliction

  • 31dereliction — Synonyms and related words: Punic faith, 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 …

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  • 32dereliction — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Abandonment] Syn. forsaking, desolation, relinquishment; see desertion . 2. [Delinquency] Syn. negligence, evasion, nonperformance; see carelessness , crime 1 , default . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Nonperformance of what …

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  • 33dereliction — der|e|lic|tion [ ,derə lıkʃən ] noun uncount the bad condition of something that has not been taken care of …

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  • 34dereliction — der·e·lic·tion || ‚derɪ lɪkʃn n. neglecting of one s duty, negligence; abandonment, desertion …

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  • 35dereliction — n. 1. Abandonment, renunciation, desertion, relinquishment. 2. Faithlessness, failure in duty, delinquency, neglect, negligence …

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  • 36dereliction — n 1. negligence, negligency, neglect, delinquency, remissness, Obs. indiligence; laxity, slackness, looseness, Fr. laissez aller; slovenliness, sloppiness, shoddiness; carelessness, inaccuracy, inexactitude, inexactness. 2. disregard, omission,… …

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  • 37dereliction — der·e·lic·tion …

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  • 38dereliction — UK [ˌderəˈlɪkʃ(ə)n] / US [ˌderəˈlɪkʃən] noun [uncountable] the bad condition of something that has not been looked after …

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  • 39dereliction — /dɛrəˈlɪkʃən / (say deruh likshuhn) noun 1. culpable neglect, as of duty; delinquency; fault. 2. the act of abandoning. 3. the state of being abandoned …

  • 40dereliction —   n. failure to perform duty …

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