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Definition of: dereliction
(der′ə·lik′shən) noun
1. Neglect or wilful omission; failure in duty.
2. Voluntary abandonment of a charge or property.
3. The state or fact of being abandoned.
4. Law a A gain of land by a permanent receding of water. b The land thus gained.
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