Definition for Dereliction:

• Abandonment with an intention not to reclaim; the state of being abandoned.

Synonyms for Dereliction:

• n.

  •
  • decay,
  • sabotage,
  • destruction,
  • devastation,
  • demolition,
  • the ravages of something,
  • harm,
  • ruin,
  • damage,
  • havoc.
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  • DO,
  • omission.
  •abandonment (noun)
  • desertion,
  • relinquishment,
  • forsaking,
  • desolation.
  •act (noun)
  • dereliction.
  •attribute (noun)
  • willful neglect,
  • delinquency.
  •breach (noun)
  • dis regard,
  • in-fractions,
  • in fraction,
  • in-fraction,
  • non-observances,
  • non compliances,
  • non compliance,
  • non observance,
  • dis-regard,
  • non observances,
  • dis-regards,
  • in fractions,
  • non-compliances,
  • dis regards,
  • barratries,
  • nonobservances.
  •crime (noun)
  • illegality,
  • criminality,
  • delictum,
  • criminalities,
  • mortal sin,
  • evil behavior,
  • Malefaction,
  • fast one,
  • unlawful act,
  • scandal,
  • malefactions,
  • Torts,
  • delicts,
  • immorality,
  • tort,
  • Peccancy,
  • lawlessness,
  • antisocial behavior,
  • Delict.
  •default (noun)
  • de-fault,
  • in-adequacies,
  • overlookings,
  • in sufficiency,
  • in adequacies,
  • over-looking,
  • in-sufficiencies,
  • over looking,
  • non payment,
  • in adequacy,
  • de faults,
  • in sufficiencies,
  • de fault,
  • de-faults,
  • in-adequacy,
  • non payments,
  • in-sufficiency,
  • non-payments.
  •defection (noun)
  • dis affections,
  • defection,
  • re-treats,
  • re volts,
  • dis-affection,
  • re-volt,
  • disownments,
  • dis affection,
  • sunderings,
  • dis-affections,
  • re-volts,
  • re treats,
  • re-treat,
  • dis loyalties,
  • dis-loyalties,
  • forsakings,
  • dis loyalty,
  • re volt,
  • dis-loyalty.
  •deficiency (noun)
  • de merit,
  • de-merits,
  • de-merit,
  • de merits,
  • inability hack it,
  • insufficiences.
  •delinquency (noun)
  • carelessness.
  •dereliction (noun)
  • failure,
  • violation,
  • infraction.
  •desertion (noun)
  • de relict,
  • dis-avowals,
  • de-parting,
  • running out ons,
  • de-relict,
  • going back ons,
  • de-relicts,
  • defectings,
  • de relicts,
  • maroonings,
  • dis-avowing,
  • dis avowal,
  • dis avowals,
  • dis avowing,
  • departings,
  • de parting,
  • de-partings,
  • disavowings,
  • falling aways,
  • de partings,
  • dis-avowal.
  •disobedience (noun)
  • indiscipline,
  • Insubmission,
  • mutiny,
  • insubordination,
  • Insurgence,
  • waywardness.
  •fault (noun)
  • in accuracies,
  • in-discretions,
  • in-accuracies,
  • in-discretion,
  • mis-cues,
  • slip ups,
  • loss innocence,
  • mis cue,
  • in discretion,
  • mis cues,
  • in discretions,
  • in-accuracy,
  • mis-cue,
  • in accuracy,
  • answerabilities,
  • evil doings.
  •guilt (noun)
  • blameworthiness,
  • Peccability,
  • self-condemnation,
  • sinfulness,
  • self-reproach.
  •oversight (noun)
  • in-attention,
  • over look,
  • over looks,
  • over sights,
  • over sight,
  • over-looks,
  • in attention,
  • mis-take,
  • in-attentions,
  • mis-takes,
  • over-sight,
  • mis takes,
  • preteritions,
  • over-sights,
  • in attentions,
  • over-look,
  • mis take.
  •recreance (noun)
  • re creance,
  • re creances,
  • re-creances,
  • re-creance.
  •relinquishment (noun)
  • capitulation,
  • resignation,
  • withdrawal,
  • Disclamation,
  • abdication,
  • renunciation,
  • release,
  • vacation,
  • surrender.
  •renunciation (noun)
  • about-face,
  • crossing,
  • turnabout,
  • Retractation,
  • abnegation,
  • betrayal,
  • backsliding,
  • renouncement,
  • denial.
  •unfaithfulness (noun)
  • ficklenesses,
  • un-faithfulness,
  • in constancy,
  • in-constancies,
  • in constancies,
  • un-faithfulnesses,
  • in-constancy,
  • un faithfulnesses,
  • bad faiths,
  • un faithfulness.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • nonfeasance.

Paraphrases for Dereliction:

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    neglect, negligence.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    discontinuation, violation, misconduct, deviation, default, contravention, cessation, renunciation, disregard.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    abandonment, non-compliance, desertion, breach, carelessness, failure, noncompliance, infringement, Non-performance, omission, Non-observance, non-implementation, discontinuance, Non-fulfilment, non-completion.

Antonyms for Dereliction:

• n.

  • Other antonyms:
    care, Recoupment, alertness, discharge, morality, probity, repossession, awareness, merit, carefulness, observance, cautiousness, caution, reclamation, fulfillment, circumspection, vigilance, attentiveness, retention, heedfulness, righteousness, watchfulness, integrity, perfection, retrieval, rectitude, goodness, responsibility, virtue, excellence, responsibleness, attention.

Dereliction Sentence Examples:

• He fought against belief in his uncle's dereliction, but there seemed no loophole of escape from such evidence and he knew that Cristy Lawson could have no object in attempting to deceive him.

• Fathers had sacrificed their sons and daughters, and husbands their wives; but to imitate their characters, we ought to have not only nerves as strong as the two Brutuses, but to take care that we had a cause as good; or that we had motives for such a dereliction of our feelings as patriotic as those which historians had annexed to these when they handed them to the notice of the world.

Hypernym for Dereliction:

• n.

  • act
    nonfeasance.

Hyponym for Dereliction:

• n.

  • act
    misconduct, negligence, neglect, wrongful conduct, actus reus, nonperformance, wrongdoing, carelessness.
  • attribute
    neglect, negligence, neglectfulness.