English-Thai Dictionary

dereliction

N การถูก ทอดทิ้ง  การทอดทิ้ง  การ ทิ้ง ร้าง  nonobservance observance kan-tuk-tod-ting

 

dereliction

N การละทิ้ง หน้าที่  negligency laxity kan-la-ting-na-ti

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DERELICTION

n. 1. The act of leaving with an intention not to reclaim; an utter forsaking; abandonment.
2. The state of being left or abandoned.
3. A leaving or receding from; as the dereliction of the sea.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DERELICTION

Der `e *lic "tion, n. Etym: [L. derelictio.]

 

1. The act of leaving with an intention not to reclaim or resume; an utter forsaking abandonment. Cession or dereliction, actual or tacit, of other powers. Burke.

 

2. A neglect or omission as if by willful abandonment. A total dereliction of military duties. Sir W. Scott.

 

3. The state of being left or abandoned.

 

4. (Law )

 

Defn: A retiring of the sea, occasioning a change of high-water mark, whereby land is gained.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

dereliction

der e lic tion |ˌderəˈlikSHən ˌdɛrəˈlɪkʃən | ▶noun the state of having been abandoned and become dilapidated: every year valuable gardens start the slow slide to dereliction. • (usu. dereliction of duty ) the shameful failure to fulfill one's obligations. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin derelictio (n- ), from the verb derelinquere (see derelict ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

dereliction

dere |lic ¦tion |dɛrəˈlɪkʃ (ə )n | ▶noun [ mass noun ] 1 the state of having been abandoned and become dilapidated: a 15th -century farmhouse has been saved from dereliction. 2 (dereliction of duty ) the shameful failure to fulfil one's obligations. ORIGIN late 16th cent.: from Latin derelictio (n- ), from the verb derelinquere (see derelict ).

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

dereliction

dereliction noun 1 buildings were reclaimed from dereliction: dilapidation, disrepair, deterioration, ruin, rack and ruin; abandonment, neglect, disuse. 2 dereliction of duty: negligence, neglect, delinquency, failure; carelessness, laxity, sloppiness, slackness, irresponsibility; oversight, omission.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

dereliction

dereliction noun 1 more buildings were reclaimed from dereliction: dilapidation, disrepair, decrepitude, deterioration, ruin, rack and ruin; abandonment, neglect, disuse, desertion, rejection, forsaking. 2 he could have been shot for dereliction of duty : negligence, neglect, neglectfulness, delinquency, failure, non-performance; carelessness, remissness, lack of care, laxity, laxness, sloppiness, slackness, irresponsibility, oversight, omission; misconduct, unprofessionalism; informal slip-up. ANTONYMS fulfilment.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

dereliction

d è r e l í c tion 名詞 1 U C ｟かたく ｠〖通例単数形で 〗【職務 義務などの 】怠慢, 不履行 «of » ▸ dereliction of duty 職務怠慢 2 U 放棄, 放置, 遺棄 (状態 ).