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dereliction

noun as in abandonment

noun as in delinquency

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Collectively, their national commitments constitute a dereliction of duty on a global scale, and a damning failure of leadership and diplomacy.

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People in Texas died at disproportionate rates because of a dereliction on behalf of the governor.

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Documents released on Friday suggest some could face criminal charges of dereliction of duty or negligence, but no charges have been announced.

This is a dereliction of duty, pure and simple—a firing offense.

Christie still has time to learn from this dereliction of duty.

Seaman's mind-boggling dereliction of responsibility harms the state whose interests he was, and is, tasked with protecting.

By rejecting this last attempt to suborn a dereliction of duty, Henry saved my reputation, my honor, my life, really.

It had suffered a sizeable brain drain, since over a third of its workforce was fired by Chavez for dereliction of duty.

Nor are you deviating from Christian charity in not overlooking a dereliction of so material a sort.

To abandon any part of the inheritance of primitive times would be gross heresy, a fatal dereliction of Christian duty.

By that time Jack had recovered his usual good nature, and was as ready to jest as his companion over his dereliction of duty.

The duties of both rank and file were strictly laid down by Washington, and any dereliction was punished with military strictness.

I never heard of any of them being removed for incompetency, dereliction of duty or malfeasance.

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On this page you'll find 36 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to dereliction, such as: desertion, desolation, forsaking, and relinquishment.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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