dereliction
noun
[ dɛrəˈlɪkʃ(ə)n ]
• the state of having been abandoned and become dilapidated.
• "a 15th-century farmhouse has been saved from dereliction"
Similar:
dilapidation,
disrepair,
decrepitude,
deterioration,
ruin,
rack and ruin,
abandonment,
neglect,
disuse,
desertion,
rejection,
forsaking,
• the shameful failure to fulfil one's obligations.
• "the prosecution team were guilty of dereliction of duty for failing to disclose evidence"
Similar:
negligence,
neglect,
neglectfulness,
delinquency,
failure,
non-performance,
carelessness,
remissness,
lack of care,
laxity,
laxness,
sloppiness,
slackness,
irresponsibility,
oversight,
omission,
misconduct,
unprofessionalism,
slip-up,
Origin:
late 16th century: from Latin derelictio(n- ), from the verb derelinquere (see derelict).
