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