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单词 dereliction
释义 dereliction
 /der'euh lik"sheuhn/,  n.  
  1. deliberate or conscious neglect; negligence; delinquency: dereliction of duty.
  2. the act of abandoning something.
  3. the state of being abandoned.
  4.  Law.   a leaving dry of land by recession of the water line.
 [1590-1600; < L dereliction- (s. of derelictio) an abandoning, equiv. to derelict(us) (see DERELICT) + -ion- -ION]
 Syn. 1. See neglect. 2. desertion.
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