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as in abandonment
the act of abandoning
the dereliction by the owners of a once flourishing orchard
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as in negligence
failure to take the care that a cautious person usually takes
the ski area was not held responsible for the injury on account of the skier's own manifest dereliction
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as in neglect
the nonperformance of an assigned or expected action
both sentries were to be court-martialed for dereliction of duty
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as in weakness
a defect in character
believes that society is guilty of a moral dereliction if it does not care for those unable to care for themselves
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Recent Examples of dereliction
In May, days before the second anniversary of the massacre, the victims' families filed a lawsuit against the DPS and 92 troopers who responded to the mass shooting, calling the response a dereliction of duty for not employing proper active shooter response training techniques.
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Hogan Gore, Austin American-Statesman, 15 July 2024
In August 2023, DeSantis issued an executive order for her removal, accusing her of negligence and dereliction of duty.
—Orlando Sentinel Staff, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2024
To overlook the glaring inadequacy of this nominee would be dereliction of duty.
—Arthur House, Hartford Courant, 22 Nov. 2024
However, this is such a dereliction of duty she should be fined by the producers.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
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Hogan Gore, Austin American-Statesman, 15 July 2024
In August 2023, DeSantis issued an executive order for her removal, accusing her of negligence and dereliction of duty.
—Orlando Sentinel Staff, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2024
To overlook the glaring inadequacy of this nominee would be dereliction of duty.
—Arthur House, Hartford Courant, 22 Nov. 2024
However, this is such a dereliction of duty she should be fined by the producers.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dereliction
Noun
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Volunteers advocate for children who have been removed from their home from either abuse, abandonment or neglect.—
Joe Rassel,
Orlando Sentinel,
15 Jan. 2025
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Anxious Attachment: Children with anxious attachment often suffer from fear of abandonment.—
Christin Perry,
Parents,
6 Jan. 2025
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Mothers fear that a lack of diapers could be taken as a sign of negligence and lead to children being removed from their custody.—
Laura Clawson,
JSTOR Daily,
18 Jan. 2025
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Staff and security at the Kaseya Center—a co-defendant accused of gross negligence—allegedly prevented the acquaintance from following the woman and McGregor into the bathroom (the Kaseya Center did not immediately respond to a request for comment).—
Ty Roush,
Forbes,
15 Jan. 2025
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Other forms of childhood adversity — emotional abuse, neglect, household mental illness, substance abuse, and exposure to parental domestic violence — were not significantly associated with stroke in this study.—
Tom Gavin,
EverydayHealth.com,
22 Jan. 2025
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Home Start, a nonprofit dedicated to preventing child abuse and neglect, was recently awarded a $100,000 gift from Guild Giving Foundation, a nonprofit under Guild Mortgage Company.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Jan. 2025
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Promoting school choice is fundamentally about promoting the broadest array of options possible, because, as everyone knows, kids are different, with different needs, interests, strengths and weaknesses.—
The Editorial Board,
Orange County Register,
28 Jan. 2025
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Those gels in your belt, shorts, or bra pocket aren’t a sign of weakness.—
Cindy Kuzma,
SELF,
28 Jan. 2025
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The State Bureau of Investigation opened a criminal case in December regarding the management of the brigade, which has experienced high levels of desertion and issues related to staffing and management.—
Marc Santora,
New York Times,
6 Jan. 2025
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The army of the Austro-Hungarian Empire unraveled during World War I as repressed Magyar and Slavic soldiers chose desertion over duty, fleeing the battlefield.—
Jason Lyall,
Foreign Affairs,
22 July 2022
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Her final trial is a testament to her iron will and the sins she's been forged from.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
23 Jan. 2025
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Discovery role as Philippa Georgiou, the onetime Terran emperor who allies with the titular secret division of Starfleet — and in turn must face the sins of her past.—
Matt Webb Mitovich,
TVLine,
20 Jan. 2025
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The fault in falling for such a scam will likely fall to you.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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To hear President-elect Donald Trump tell it, this was all the fault of California Gov. Gavin Newsom and outgoing President Biden.—
Thomas Elias,
The Mercury News,
17 Jan. 2025
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Franklin is a legend in his own mind that refuses to address and remedy his faults and failings.—
Stewart Mandel,
The Athletic,
21 Jan. 2025
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Hence, the population loss was bandied about Red America as irrefutable evidence of the blue state’s social collapse, its moral rot and the failings of its left-leaning political leadership.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
The Mercury News,
21 Jan. 2025
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“Dereliction.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dereliction. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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