dereliction
/dɛɹ.ɪˈlɪk.ʃən/ noun C2- Willful neglect of one's duty. · The new soldier did not clean his cabin and was scolded for dereliction and disobedience.· What he did was a terrible dereliction of duty.
- The act of abandoning something, or the state of being abandoned.
- Land gained from the water by a change of water-line.
Plural derelictions
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“Madame,” replied Villefort, with a mournful smile, “I have already had the honor to observe that my father has—at least, I hope so—abjured his past errors, and that he is, at the present moment, a firm and zealous friend to religion and order—a better royalist, possibly, than his son; for he has to atone for past dereliction, while I have no other impulse than warm, decided preference and conviction.” Having made this well-turned speech, Villefort looked carefully around to mark the effect of his oratory, much as he would have done had he been addressing the bench in open court.
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