dereliction

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   Willful neglect of one's duty.

   The officer was dismissed for dereliction of duty.

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

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