Definition for Dilapidation:

• Squandering; bringing or coming into, being in, disrepair; sum charged against incumbent &c. for wear& tear during his tenancy; falling away of cliffs &c. debris resulting. [ Latin]

Synonyms for Dilapidation:

• n.

  •collision (noun)
  • head-ons,
  • head ons,
  • demolishments,
  • headon,
  • headons.
  •corrosion (noun)
  • rust.
  •decay (noun)
  • de creases,
  • de composition,
  • de-creases,
  • dis-solutions,
  • dis integration,
  • de-generations,
  • de-clines,
  • de cadence,
  • rottings,
  • dis integrations,
  • de-cadences,
  • de cline,
  • spoilations,
  • de-cline,
  • dis solutions,
  • de compositions,
  • dyings,
  • de-crease,
  • wastings,
  • dis-solution,
  • de-cays,
  • dis-integrations,
  • perishings,
  • dis-integration,
  • dis solution,
  • de-generation,
  • de-cadence,
  • de generations,
  • crumblings,
  • de-composition,
  • de crease,
  • de cadences,
  • de cay,
  • de cays,
  • wasting aways,
  • de generation,
  • de-compositions,
  • de-cay,
  • de clines,
  • fadings.
  •deterioration (noun)
  • corruption,
  • retrogression,
  • atrophy,
  • decline,
  • degeneration.
  •dilapidation (noun)
  • ruin.
  •disrepair (noun)
  • dis repairs,
  • dis-repair,
  • dis repair,
  • dis-repairs.
  •havoc (noun)
  • havoc,
  • shambles.
  •process (noun)
  • dilapidation.
  •putrefaction (noun)
  • rottennesses.
  •ruin (noun)
  • disintegration.
  •rust (noun)
  • oxidation,
  • oxidations.
  •waste (noun)
  • waste,
  • wastages,
  • wastage,
  • Unthriftiness,
  • lost opportunity.
  •wear (noun)
  • dis-appearance,
  • in road,
  • dis-appearances,
  • wear tear,
  • in-roads,
  • in-road,
  • dis appearance,
  • dis appearances,
  • in roads.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • destruction.
  •decrepitude
  • decrepitude.

Antonyms for Dilapidation:

• n.

  • Other antonyms:
    keeping, upkeep, conservation, preservation, repair.

Dilapidation Sentence Examples:

• Yet a certain small sum had always been allowed for keeping it in repair, and it was only within the last few years that dilapidation had made head.

• Indeed, she watched him for a few moments while he passed on into a more shadowy region, where the gloom and dilapidation of the first small frame houses were noticeable.

Hyponym for Dilapidation:

• n.

  • process
    decay.