dereliction
dereliction is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.A neglect or omission as if by willful abandonment. A total dereliction of military duties. Sir W. Scott.
- 2.The state of being left or abandoned.
- 3.(Law) A retiring of the sea, occasioning a change of high-water mark, whereby land is gained.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abandon
- abandonment
- apart
- aside
- away
- behind
- cast
- cede
- cession
- course
- culls
- deed
- derelict
- disburden
- discard
- dismiss
- dispensation
- dispose
- dispossess
- disuse
- divest
- down
- drop
- eject
- expropriate
- expropriation
- fling
- forego
- foundling
- garbage
- get
- give
- hold
- jetsam
- jettison
- lay
- left
- let
- make
- maroon
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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