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as in abandonment
the act of abandoning
the dereliction by the owners of a once flourishing orchard
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as in negligence
failure to take the care that a cautious person usually takes
the ski area was not held responsible for the injury on account of the skier's own manifest dereliction
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as in neglect
the nonperformance of an assigned or expected action
both sentries were to be court-martialed for dereliction of duty
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as in weakness
a defect in character
believes that society is guilty of a moral dereliction if it does not care for those unable to care for themselves
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Recent Examples of dereliction
About a month after the shooting, the 46-year-old Coy was arrested and indicted on charges of murder, reckless homicide, felonious assault and two counts of dereliction of duty.
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Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2024
In that idiosyncratic way, My eyes (and feet) are sensitive to the quality of the road surface, pollution and to the appearance of new buildings and signs of dereliction (Berlin scores on both counts).
—Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
The Deb is set, is a small town recovering from a years-long drought and dereliction of duty by national ministries.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Well, maybe the dereliction of duty of Amity’s local government!
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2024
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Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2024
In that idiosyncratic way, My eyes (and feet) are sensitive to the quality of the road surface, pollution and to the appearance of new buildings and signs of dereliction (Berlin scores on both counts).
—Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
The Deb is set, is a small town recovering from a years-long drought and dereliction of duty by national ministries.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Well, maybe the dereliction of duty of Amity’s local government!
—Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dereliction
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Inconsistent caregiving, meanwhile, can lead to anxious attachment, where people crave intimacy but simultaneously fear abandonment and rejection.Ian Randall, Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2024
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Volunteers advocate for children who have been removed from their home from either abuse, abandonment or neglect.Joe Rassel, Orlando Sentinel, 4 Dec. 2024
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Daniel Penny, a former Marine on trial for the Manhattan subway death of Jordan Neely, now faces a separate civil lawsuit from Neely’s father alleging negligence, assault, and battery as a jury deliberates Penny’s fate in the criminal case.Kaelan Deese, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 5 Dec. 2024
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In a recent legal filing, Weinstein's attorneys claimed the conditions at Rikers amounted to negligence, exacerbating chronic ailments including diabetes and chronic myeloid leukemia.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
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Lewis, 57, was charged with one count of second-degree endangering the welfare of a child and Scala, 67, was charged with fourth-degree abuse and neglect of children.Landon Mion, Fox News, 15 Dec. 2024
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Many of the babies born in the Magdalene Laundries, died from starvation, from the cold and from neglect.Maelle Beauget-Uhl, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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The biggest risks to the expansion are high inflation and global economic weakness, with a tie for third between the incoming administration’s fiscal policies and the size of the U.S. deficit.Steve Liesman, CNBC, 17 Dec. 2024
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Altman’s OpenAI has different strengths and weaknesses.Peter Cohan, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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There have also been widespread reports of desertion with entire units abandoning their posts, leaving defense lines vulnerable, according to commanders and soldiers, Defense News reported.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
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Her mother, identified as Ashley Rowland, was taken into custody for child desertion in connection to this case in October and accused of giving Kerr to a man during a drug exchange, local news reported.Taylor Ardrey, USA TODAY, 20 Nov. 2024
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The sins of the Franks and their rulers had made the land fertile for Wiggo and his friends.Matthew Gabriele, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024
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Perhaps the biggest sin of them all, however, is just how absolutely dull and yawn-inducing Dune: Prophecy is.Erik Kain, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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By no fault of his own, Aiyuk's lengthy hold-in was just the tip of the iceberg for the 49ers this season.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024
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And there was the catastrophic mega-tsunami of 1700, originating from a magnitude 9 earthquake over the Cascadia fault system, which runs offshore from Northern California to Vancouver Island for 700 miles.Grace Toohey, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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The incident and subsequent reports on safety failings by ride operators led to the Tyre Sampson Act, a pair of bills unanimously approved by the Florida Legislature in 2023 that closed gaps in ride safety laws.Cristóbal Reyes, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Dec. 2024
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Loading your audio article The head of the Secret Service sparred with a Republican lawmaker at a contentious congressional hearing into security failings that led to the deadly assassination attempt against President-elect Donald Trump.Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 5 Dec. 2024
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“Dereliction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dereliction. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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