dereliction

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  1. noun Willful neglect, as of duty or principle.
  2. noun The act of abandoning; abandonment.
  3. noun A state of abandonment or neglect.
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  • I learned that Isaac was being punished for a dereliction of duty, and I would not see him again. —  F ;SF; - vol 100 issue 06 - June 2001
  • For the dereliction of duty charge, Barber could have been fined up to $750 plus court costs, and up to 90 days in jail, or both. —  Mount Vernon News
  • However, a vocal number of observers were shocked by what they saw as a dereliction of gatekeeper "duty" by Apple. —  Techdirt
  • Community Reinvestment Act, and disciplining US Rep. Barney Frank and Sen. Chris Dodd for their dereliction of duty with regard to their obligation to provide congressional oversight. —  The Reality Check
  • The latest was March 11, 2008, for "unprofessional conduct - dereliction of duty-abuse."
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  1. = Portuguese dere-licção, from Latin derelictio(n-), an abandoning, from derelictus, past participle of derelinquere, abandon: see derelict.
 

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