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Definition: Dereliction |
DerelictionNoun1. A tendency to be negligent and uncaring; "he inherited his delinquency from his father"; "his derelictions were not really intended as crimes"; "his adolescent protest consisted of willful neglect of all his responsibilities". 2. Willful negligence. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "dereliction" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1781. (references) |
Etymology: Dereliction \Der`e*lic"tion\, noun. [Latin expression derelictio.]. (references) |
Synonyms: DerelictionSynonyms: delinquency (n), willful neglect (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Dereliction of Duty | Noun: dereliction of duty; fault; (guilt); sin; (vice); non-observance, non-performance; neglect, relaxation, infraction, violation, transgression, failure, evasion; dead letter. |
Guilt | Misconduct, misbehavior, misdoing, misdeed; malpractice, fault, sin, error, transgression; dereliction, delinquency; indiscretion, lapse, slip, trip, faux pas, peccadillo; flaw, blot, omission; failing, failure; break, bad break , capital crime, delictum. |
Relinquishment | Noun: relinquishment, abandonment; (of a course); renunciation, expropriation, dereliction; cession, surrender, dispensation; quitclaim deed; resignation; riddance. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Dereliction |
| English words defined with "dereliction": street. (references) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Civil Liberties | India | One policeman was suspended for dereliction of duty. (references) |
Human Rights | Sri Lanka | The HRC stated that the police were guilty of "grave dereliction of duty," and it did not believe that the mobs could have overpowered the police present. (references) |
Togo | On April 17, security forces arrested and imprisoned former Army Chief of Staff LTC Kouma Bitenewe at the Para-Commando Camp in Kara, allegedly for dereliction of duty. (references) | |
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| "Dereliction" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Dereliction" is used about 118 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 118 | 29,674 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "dereliction": dereliction of duty. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
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| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "dereliction"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | shkelje e detyrës (defalcation, defection), braktisje (abandonment, apostasy, desertion, limbo, neglect). (various references) | |
Arabic | هجر (break away, cast aside, desert, desertion, disuse, drop out, emigratory, expel, expose, flee, forsake, immigrate, jettison, leave, neglect, quit, relinquish, renounce, scrap, skive, strand, surrender, throw, waive, weigh anchor), نبذ (cashier, centrifuge, discard, dismiss, dismissal, forsake, reject, rejection, relegate, reprobate, scrap, slough, throw away), تقصير (lessening, shortening), إهمال (default, delinquency, disregard, easiness, forgetfulness, fribble, frowst, inadvertence, inadvertency, inattention, inattentiveness, limbo, malpractice, neglect, negligence, omission, overlooking, remissive, remissness, slovenliness). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | грешка (blooper, blunder, boss, break, defect, demerit, error, fault, inaccuracy, inexactitude, lapse, misdoing, misstep, mistake, muff, slip up, slipping, snafu), оттегляне на море от брега, опущение (neglect, negligence, omission), нарушение (aberration, breach, breaker, breaking, contravention, defection, disturbance, entrenchment, fault, foul, infraction, infringement, malpractice, offence, offense, perpetration, transgression, violation), захвърляне (discard, fling, relegation), изоставяне (abandonment, arrears, desertion, exposure, lag, neglect, relinquishment, renouncement, renunciation), изоставеност (desertion, desolation, forlornness, neglect). (various references) | |
Chinese | 渎职. (various references) | |
Czech | zchátralost (dilapidation), opuštìnost (desolation, destitution). (various references) | |
Danish | nedlæggelse af en arbejdsplads (closure of a factory, shutdown of a factory), lukning af en fabrik eller virksomhed (closure of a factory, shutdown of a factory). (various references) | |
Dutch | sluiting van een bedrijf (closure of a factory, shutdown of a factory), ondernemingssluiting (closure of a factory, shutdown of a factory), bedrijfssluting (closure of a factory, shutdown of a factory). (various references) | |
French | désaffectation, négligence (default, delinquency), fermeture d'entreprise, fermeture, cessation de l'exploitation, abandonnement, abandon (desertion). (various references) | |
German | Versäumnis (absence, default, failing, failure, omission). (various references) | |
Greek | παράλειψη (default, defection, failure, omission, omittance, oversight, preterition), παραμέληση (neglect, slight), ερήμωση (depopulation, desolation, devastation, havoc, ravage, ravaging), εγκατάλειψη (abandonment). (various references) | |
Hebrew | עזיב" (abandonment, desertion, forsaking, leaving), "ז ח" (abandonment, neglect, negligence, omission, rejection). (various references) | |
Hungarian | gondatlanság (carelessness, imprudence, inadvertence, inadvertency, insouciance, malpractice, neglect, negligence, recklessness), vízfelület visszahúzódása, hanyagság (inadvertence, inadvertency, inattention, inattentiveness, indolence, laches, laxaty, neglect, negligence, nonchalance, recklessness, remissness, slothfulness), gazdátlanul hagyás, felületesség (desultoriness, flightiness, frivolity, smattering, superficiality, trifling). (various references) | |
Indonesian | kelalaian (indifference, omission). (various references) | |
Italian | chiusura di una fabbrica (closure of a factory, shutdown of a factory), abbandono (abandon, abandonment, abbandonato, bolt, default, desertion, loneliness, neglect). (various references) | |
Manx | treigeilys (abandonment, betrayal, defection, desertion, fall off, tergiveration). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | erelictionday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | deserção (defection, desertion), descuido (default, disregard, inadvertence, inadvertency, lapse, neglect, negligence, oversight, slip-up), desamparo (destitution, friendliness, helplessness, lurch), retrocesso (backing, backset, backspace, backward travel, recess, recession, regress, regression, throwback), recuo (backing, backlash, backward travel, fallback, flinch, rebound, recess, recession, recoil, resign, retirement, retreat, return, slip), abandono (abandonment, desertion, helplessness, lurch, neglect, quitclaim, renouncement, renunciation, resignation, waiver). (various references) | |
Romanian | regresiune a mãrii, paraginã (Heath, waste), pãrãsire (abandon, desertion, desolation, dezmãþat, forsaking, relinquishment, renouncement, solitude, vacation), neglijare (lapse, neglect, slighting), abandonare (abandonment, desertion, desolation, exposure, relinquishment). (various references) | |
Russian | упущение (default, error of omission, omission, omissions, preterition, pretermission), нарушение долга (defection), нарушение (contravention, defection, dislocation, disruption, disturbance, entrenchment, infraction, infringement, lesion, offence, offense, subversion, transgression, violation), заброшенность (abandonment, desertion). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | zanemarivanje (negligence), napuštanje (abandonment, desertion, leaving, relinquishment, walkout). (various references) | |
Spanish | quitación (derelict), negligencia (laxity, malpractice, neglect, negligence, nonchalance, remissness), falta de conexión, cierre de una fábrica (closure of a factory, shutdown of a factory), abandono (abandon, abandoning, abandonment, desertion, indulgence, neglect, relinquishment, renunciation, surrender). (various references) | |
Swedish | torrlagt land, pliktförgätenhet (delinquency, dereliction of duty, neglect of duties), havets tillbakavikande, övergivande (abandonment, desertion). (various references) | |
Turkish | terk edilmişlik, suyun çekilmesiyle kazanılan toprak, sahipsizlik, inkâr (abnegation, contest, contestation, contradiction, denegation, denial, disallowance, disavowal, ignoring, impugnment, nay, negation, refusal, repudiation), ihmalkârlık (carelessness, laxity, laxness, negligence, offhandedness, remissness), ihmalcilik (carelessness, laxity, laxness, negligence, offhandedness, remissness). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | суша (dry, earth, land), недогляд (default, erratum, inadvertence, inadvertency, neglect, negligence, omission, overlook, oversight), недолік (blemish, defect, deficiency, deficit, disadvantage, drawback, failing, imperfection, infirmity, lapse, minus, negative, objection, out, preterition, shortcoming, take off, vice, wrinkle), порушення обов'язку, дерелікція. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | tình trạng vô chủ sự sao lãng nhiệm vụ, tình trạng không nhìn nhận tới, tình trạng bỏ rơi, sự thiếu sót sự rút, sự không nhìn nhận tới, sự bỏ rơi (abandonment, desertion). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "dereliction": derelictions. (additional references) | |
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"Dereliction" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: deleriction, derealisation, derelinction, derelition, deriliction, develiction. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "dereliction" (pronounced de'ruli"kshun) |
| 6 | -l i" k sh u n | affliction, infliction. |
| 5 | -i" k sh u n | fiction, addiction, benediction, constriction, contradiction, conviction, crucifixion, depiction, diction, eviction, friction, interdiction, jurisdiction, nonfiction, prediction, restriction. |
| 4 | -k sh u n | faction, abstraction, abduction, action, advection, affection, attraction, auction, circumspection, collection, complexion, compunction, concoction, conduction, confection, conjunction, connection, construction, contraction, convection, correction, deconstruction, deduction, defection, destruction, detection, diffraction, direction, disaffection, disconnection, disinfection, dissatisfaction, dissection, distinction, distraction, dysfunction, ejection, election, erection, exaction, extinction, extraction, flexion, fraction, function, imperfection, inaction, induction, infarction, infection, inflection, infraction, injection, injunction, inspection, instruction, insurrection, interaction, interconnection, interjection, intersection, introduction, introspection, junction, liposuction, liquefaction, malfunction, midsection, objection, obstruction, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, perfection, predilection, preelection, production, projection, protection, reaction, recollection, reconstruction, redirection, reduction, reelection, reflection, reinspection, reintroduction, rejection, reproduction, resurrection, retraction, sanction, satisfaction, section, seduction, selection, subsection, subtraction, suction, traction, transaction, transection. |
| 3 | -sh u n | facilitation, falsification, fascination, fashion, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, filtration, fission, abrogation, absolution, absorption, academician, acceleration, accession, acclimation, accommodation, abbreviation, abdication, aberration, abolition, abomination, abortion, accreditation, accretion, accumulation, accusation, acidification, acquisition, activation, adaptation, addition, adjudication, administration, admiration, admission, admonition, adoption, adoration, adulation, advocation, affectation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, aggression, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, alliteration, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, alternation, amalgamation, ambition, amelioration, ammunition, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, antiabortion, anticipation, anticorruption, antidiscrimination, apparition, appellation, application, apportion, appreciation, apprehension, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, ascension, ashen, aspiration, assassination, assertion, assimilation, association, assumption, attention, attribution, attrition, audition, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, beautician, bifurcation, brutalization, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, caption, carburetion, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, caution, celebration, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, circulation, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, clinician, coagulation, coalition, codification, coercion, cogeneration, cogitation, cognition, cohabitation, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, commission, commotion, communication, communization, compassion, compensation, competition, compilation, completion, complication, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conception, conceptualization, concession, conciliation, concussion, condemnation, condensation, condescension, condition, confabulation, confederation, confession, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, conniption, connotation, conscription, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, constitution, consultation, consummation, consumption, contamination, contemplation, contention, continuation, contortion, contraception, contraption, contribution, contrition, convention, conversation, convocation, convolution, convulsion, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correlation, corroboration, corruption, counterrevolution, creation, cremation, criminalization, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, cushion, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, deception, decertification, decimation, declaration, decommission, decomposition, decompression, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, defamation, definition, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deletion, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demolition, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, demotion, denationalization, denomination, dentition, denuclearization, denunciation, depletion, depopulation, deportation, deposition, depravation, depreciation, depredation, depression, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, description, desecration, desegregation, desertion, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, destitution, detention, deterioration, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, devolution, devotion, dictation, dietitian, differentiation, digression, dilatation, dilation, dilution, dimension, diminution, discoloration, discontinuation, discretion, discrimination, discussion, disembarkation, disinclination, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disposition, disputation, disqualification, disruption, dissemination, dissension, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, dissolution, distillation, distortion, distribution, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, duration, echolocation, edification, edition, education, egyptian, ejaculation, elaboration, elation, electrician, electrification, electrocution, elevation, elimination, elocution, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emigration, emission, emotion, emulation, emulsion, encryption, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, erudition, eruption, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, evocation, evolution, exacerbation, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, exception, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exfoliation, exhalation, exhibition, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expansion, expatriation, expectation, expedition, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, exposition, expression, expropriation, expulsion, extension, extermination, extortion, extradition, extrapolation, fabrication, fixation, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formalization, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fragmentation, freshen, fruition, frustration, fumigation, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentian, gentrification, geriatrician, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, gumption, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hessian, hibernation, homogenization, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, hypertension, hypotension, identification, ignition, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impassion, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, imposition, impregnation, impression, improvisation, imputation, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inception, incineration, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indiscretion, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, information, inhabitation, inhalation, inhibition, initiation, innovation, inoculation, inquisition, inscription, insemination, insertion, insinuation, inspiration, installation, instigation, institution, institutionalization, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, integration, intensification, interception, intercession, intermission, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, interruption, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, intuition, inundation, invalidation, invention, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, justification, juxtaposition, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, lilliputian, limitation, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, locomotion, logician, lotion, lubrication, machination, magician, magnetization, magnification, malformation, malnutrition, manifestation, manipulation, mansion, marginalization, martian, masturbation, mathematician, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, mention, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misallocation, misapplication, misapprehension, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, misconception, miscreation, misidentification, misimpression, misinformation, misinterpretation, misperception, misrepresentation, mission, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, mortician, motion, motivation, multiplication, mummification, munition, musician, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nonaggression, nondiscrimination, nonprescription, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, notion, nucleation, nullification, nutrition, obfuscation, obligation, observation, obsession, obstetrician, occupation, ocean, omission, operation, opposition, oppression, optician, optimization, option, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overconsumption, overexpansion, overpopulation, overregulation, oversimplification, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, partition, passion, pasteurization, patrician, pediatrician, penetration, pension, perception, percussion, perforation, permission, permutation, perpetuation, persecution, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, petition, physician, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politician, politicization, pollination, pollution, pontification, popularization, population, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, precipitation, preconception, precondition, predestination, predisposition, preemption, prefabrication, preignition, premeditation, premonition, preoccupation, preparation, prescription, presentation, preservation, pressurization, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, privation, privatization, probation, procession, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, profession, prognostication, progression, prohibition, proliferation, promotion, pronunciation, propagation, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proration, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, prostration, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, ration, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reassertion, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, reception, recertification, recession, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recognition, recommendation, reconciliation, recondition, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, redefinition, redemption, redistribution, reeducation, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regression, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reimposition, reincarnation, reincorporation, reintegration, reinterpretation, reinvention, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remission, remuneration, renationalization, rendition, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, repercussion, repetition, replication, reposition, repossession, representation, repression, repudiation, reputation, requisition, reregulation, reservation, resignation, resolution, respiration, restitution, restoration, resumption, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, retention, retransmission, retribution, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanitation, saponification, saturation, secession, secretion, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, sedition, segmentation, segregation, sensation, separation, sequestration, session, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, solution, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, statistician, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, submission, subordination, subscription, subsidization, substantiation, substation, substitution, suburbanization, succession, suffocation, summation, superstation, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, syndication, tabulation, tactician, taxation, technician, telecommunication, temptation, tension, termination, theoretician, titian, titillation, toleration, tradition, transcription, transformation, transgression, transillumination, transition, translation, transmission, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, tuition, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, venetian, ventilation, verification, vibration, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, volition, vulgarization, westernization, workstation. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-e-e-i-i-l-n-o-r-t" | |
-2 letters: centriole, deciliter, direction, doleritic, recondite, reedition, reincited, reliction. | |
-3 letters: centroid, decliner, deletion, denticle, derelict, dieretic, doctrine, dolerite, election, electron, elicited, elicitor, entoiled, erection, idiolect, indictee, indicter, indictor, indirect, indocile, loitered, neoteric, nitrolic, oriented, reclined, recoiled, recoined, redolent, reincite, reindict, retinoid, rondelet, tolidine. | |
-4 letters: centile, centred, cineole, citrine, codeine, cointer, cordite, coterie, credent, crinite. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-d-e-e-i-i-l-n-o-r-t" | |
+1 letter: derelictions, predilection, tredecillion. | |
+2 letters: coresidential, directionless, predilections, tredecillions, trinucleotide. | |
+3 letters: ribonucleotide, trinucleotides. | |
+4 letters: inconsiderately, internucleotide, ribonucleotides. | |
+5 letters: decentralization, denuclearization, directionalities. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Non-fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Bibliography |
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