DERELICTION
\dˌɛɹɪlˈɪkʃən], \dˌɛɹɪlˈɪkʃən], \d_ˌɛ_ɹ_ɪ_l_ˈɪ_k_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of DERELICTION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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a tendency to be negligent and uncaring; "he inherited his delinquency from his father"; "his derelictions were not really intended as crimes"; "his adolescent protest consisted of willful neglect of all his responsibilities"
By Princeton University
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a tendency to be negligent and uncaring; "he inherited his delinquency from his father"; "his derelictions were not really intended as crimes"; "his adolescent protest consisted of willful neglect of all his responsibilities"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The act of leaving with an intention not to reclaim or resume; an utter forsaking abandonment.
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A neglect or omission as if by willful abandonment.
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A retiring of the sea, occasioning a change of high-water mark, whereby land is gained.
By Oddity Software
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The act of leaving with an intention not to reclaim or resume; an utter forsaking abandonment.
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A neglect or omission as if by willful abandonment.
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A retiring of the sea, occasioning a change of high-water mark, whereby land is gained.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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