DERELICTION

dereliction

(noun) willful negligence

delinquency, dereliction, willful neglect

(noun) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

dereliction (countable and uncountable, plural derelictions)

Willful neglect of one's duty.

The act of abandoning something, or the state of being abandoned.

Land gained from the water by a change of water-line.

Anagrams

• intercoiled

Source: Wiktionary

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Der`e*lic"tion, n. Etym: [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)

Definition: A retiring of the sea, occasioning a change of high-water mark, whereby land is gained.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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