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View definitions for dereliction

dereliction

noun as in abandonment

noun as in delinquency

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Last year, a government commissioned report concluded Thurrock, which at the time was run by a Conservative administration, lost "substantial sums of public money" because of systemic weaknesses and a "dereliction" in leadership.

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It would almost be a dereliction of duty if it were otherwise, but time is now running out to crystallise thoughts on what is arguably the biggest single decision the organisation has to take.

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“There is a dereliction of duty by the government in Los Angeles, in California,” she says in her video.

Salvini, who was then the interior minister, denies charges of kidnap and dereliction of duty.

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To not give the team and those fans and this city their best chance to win a title would be dereliction of duty.

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

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