Dereliction
[derə'lɪkʃ(ə)n] or [,dɛrə'lɪkʃən]
Definition
(n.) The act of leaving with an intention not to reclaim or resume; an utter forsaking abandonment.
(n.) A neglect or omission as if by willful abandonment.
(n.) The state of being left or abandoned.
(n.) A retiring of the sea, occasioning a change of high-water mark, whereby land is gained.
Edited by Johanna
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Abandonment, renunciation, desertion, relinquishment.[2]. Faithlessness, failure in duty.
Editor: Marilyn
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Abandonment, failure, shortcoming, desertion, relinquishment, neglect
ANT:Performance, observance, adherence, attention
Typist: Robinson
Examples
- Neither grief, philosophy, nor love could make Perdita think with mildness of the dereliction of Raymond. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- An irritating sense of thirst, and, when I strove to speak or move, an entire dereliction of power, was all I felt. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Whence but from ingratitude, from falsehood, from a dereliction on the part of the prince's father, of all noble sympathy and generous feeling. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
Edited by Cathryn