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dereliction

DEFINITIONS OF: dereliction

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n willful negligence

Types:
nonfeasance
a failure to act when under an obligation to do so; a refusal (without sufficient excuse) to do that which it is your legal duty to do
Type of:
actus reus, misconduct, wrongdoing, wrongful conduct
activity that transgresses moral or civil law
carelessness, neglect, negligence, nonperformance
failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances

n a tendency to be negligent and uncaring

“his derelictions were not really intended as crimes”
Synonyms:
delinquency, willful neglect
Type of:
neglect, neglectfulness, negligence
the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern
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