'Dereliction' definitions:
Definition of 'dereliction'
From: WordNet
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" [syn: delinquency, dereliction, willful neglect]
noun
Willful negligence
Definition of 'Dereliction'
From: GCIDE
- Dereliction \Der`e*lic"tion\, n. [L. derelictio.]
- 1. The act of leaving with an intention not to reclaim or resume; an utter forsaking abandonment. [1913 Webster]
- Cession or dereliction, actual or tacit, of other powers. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A neglect or omission as if by willful abandonment. [1913 Webster]
- A total dereliction of military duties. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The state of being left or abandoned. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Law) A retiring of the sea, occasioning a change of high-water mark, whereby land is gained. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'dereliction'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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,
- default,
- defection,
- delinquency,
- deserter,
- desertion,
- disaffection,
- disconformity,
- disloyalty,
- disregard,
- enormity,
- error,
- evil,
- failure,
- faithlessness,
- falseness,
- falsity,
- fault,
- felony,
- fickleness,
- genocide,
- guilty act,
- heavy sin,
- impropriety,
- inadvertence,
- inadvertency,
- inattention,
- inconstancy,
- indiscretion,
- inexpiable sin,
- infidelity,
- iniquity,
- injury,
- injustice,
- inobservance,
- laches,
- laissez-faire,
- lapse,
- laxity,
- laxness,
- looseness,
- mala fides,
- malefaction,
- malfeasance,
- malum,
- minor wrong,
- misdeed,
- misdemeanor,
- misfeasance,
- misuse,
- mortal sin,
- neglect,
- neglectfulness,
- negligence,
- nonadherence,
- noncompliance,
- nonconformance,
- nonconformity,
- nonfeasance,
- nonfulfillment,
- noninterference,
- nonobservance,
- nonperformance,
- nonrestriction,
- offense,
- omission,
- outrage,
- overlooking,
- oversight,
- peccadillo,
- peccancy,
- permissiveness,
- poor stewardship,
- procrastination,
- Punic faith,
- ratting,
- recreancy,
- remissness,
- schism,
- secession,
- sin,
- sin of commission,
- sin of omission,
- sinful act,
- slackness,
- slight,
- slip,
- tort,
- transgression,
- trespass,
- trip,
- trothlessness,
- unfaith,
- unfaithfulness,
- unloyalty,
- unobservance,
- unrigorousness,
- unsteadfastness,
- untrueness,
- unutterable sin,
- venial sin,
- walkout,
- wrong