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dereliction

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11 lettersPronunciation /dɛɹ.ɪˈlɪk.ʃən/Part of speech nounSorted cdeeiilnortStarts with DEnds with N0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. willful negligence

Word origin

From Latin dērelictiō (“neglect, abandonment”), from dērelinquō (“to neglect, abandon”), from dē- + re- + linquō (“to leave”).

Used in a sentence

  • The new soldier did not clean his cabin and was scolded for dereliction and disobedience.
  • What he did was a terrible dereliction of duty.
  • […] there on the table were the uncleared remains of Thursday's lunch, plain evidence of someone's dereliction.

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