dereliction

Signification (Anglais)

1. (countable, uncountable) Willful neglect of one's duty.
2. (countable, uncountable) The act of abandoning something, or the state of being abandoned.
3. (countable, uncountable) Land gained from the water by a change of water-line.

Concepts

déréliction

abandon

négligence

délinquance

prévarication

dérélictionner

Synonymes

neglect

omission

failure

delinquency

willful neglect

abandonment

negligence

default

depopulation

desertion

desolation

devastation

deviation

dilapidation

disaggregation

havoc

heedlessness

inadvertence

inattentiveness

laxity

leaving

mistake

nonfeasance

nonobservance

non-observance

nonperformance

preterition

ravage

ravaging

remissness

shirking

slight

sloppiness

slovenliness

straying

omittance

unconscientiousness

negligency

slight care

criminal negligence

breakdown

breakup

break-up

carelessness

decay

decomposition

defection

Traductions

abandono

negligência

αμέλεια

Dereliktion

παράλειψη

terk

verzuim

verzaking

ihmal

Baufälligkeit

εγκατάλειψη

Dienstpflichtverletzung

παραμέληση

deixadesa

abandó

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/dɛɹ.ɪ.ˈlɪk.ʃən/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Latin dērelictiō (“neglect, abandonment”), from dērelinquō (“I neglect, abandon”), from dē- + re- + linquō (“I leave”).