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DERELICTION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Willful negligence
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("dereliction" is a kind of...):
actus reus; misconduct; wrongdoing; wrongful conduct (activity that transgresses moral or civil law)
carelessness; neglect; negligence; nonperformance (failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dereliction"):
nonfeasance (a failure to act when under an obligation to do so; a refusal (without sufficient excuse) to do that which it is your legal duty to do)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A tendency to be negligent and uncaring
Example:
his adolescent protest consisted of willful neglect of all his responsibilities
Synonyms:
delinquency; dereliction; willful neglect
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("dereliction" is a kind of...):
neglect; neglectfulness; negligence (the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern)
