"dereliction" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dɛɹ.ɪ.ˈlɪk.ʃən/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Forms: derelictions [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪkʃən Etymology: From Latin dērelictiō (“neglect, abandonment”), from dērelinquō (“I neglect, abandon”), from dē- + re- + linquō (“I leave”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|dērelictiō||neglect, abandonment}} Latin dērelictiō (“neglect, abandonment”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} dereliction (countable and uncountable, plural derelictions)
  1. Willful neglect of one's duty. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (willful neglect of one's duty): laiminlyönti (Finnish), prévarication [feminine] (French), Pflichtversäumnis [neuter] (German), Dienstpflichtverletzung [feminine] (German), сабота́ж (sabotáž) [masculine] (Russian), наруше́ние до́лга (narušénije dólga) (english: dereliction of duty) [neuter] (Russian), negligencia [feminine] (Spanish)
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  2. The act of abandoning something, or the state of being abandoned. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the act of abandoning something, or the state of being abandoned): hylkääminen (english: act of abandoning) (Finnish), hylkiö (Finnish), hylky (english: that which has been abandoned) (Finnish), déréliction [feminine] (French), Dereliktion [feminine] (German), оставле́ние (ostavlénije) (english: act) [neuter] (Russian), забро́шенность (zabróšennostʹ) [feminine] [state] (Russian), abandono [feminine] (Spanish)
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  3. Land gained from the water by a change of water-line. Tags: countable, uncountable
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        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "оставле́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zabróšennostʹ",
      "sense": "the act of abandoning something, or the state of being abandoned",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "state"
      ],
      "word": "забро́шенность"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the act of abandoning something, or the state of being abandoned",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "abandono"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dereliction"
}

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