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dereliction

/dɛɹ.ɪ.ˈlɪk.ʃən/
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noun

  • Willful neglect of one's duty.

    "The new soldier did not clean his cabin and was scolded for dereliction and disobedience."

  • The act of abandoning something, or the state of being abandoned.
  • Land gained from the water by a change of water-line.

Word Statistics

Letter Count11 letters
Syllables4 syllables
Difficulty Level
Hard
Word FrequencyUncommon
Vowel Count5 vowels
Consonant Count6 consonants

Letter Analysis & Structure

First LetterD
Last LetterN
Letter Breakdown
D
E
R
E
L
I
C
T
I
O
N

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