Vocabulary Word
Word: dereliction
Definition: neglect of duty; abandonment
Definition: neglect of duty; abandonment
Sentences Containing 'dereliction'
The later dereliction of the area may be a possible origin for the term which later entered the wider American lexicon as "Skid Row".)
Neighbors also freed the Lipan Chief Chiquito and his men from the guard house, and charged Indian Agent Howard with "dereliction of duty" for their false arrest and mismanagement of the Indian situation.
An independent Anti-Doping Tribunal accepted Nielsen's claim that he took the product containing the positive substance to treat hair-loss, but found that by failing to check whether the hair-loss product contained such a substance indicated a "serious dereliction of duty on the part of any player who participates in a sport governed by the WADA Code".
Schmidt was court-martialed by the U.S. and convicted of dereliction of duty as a result, in what became known as the Tarnak Farm incident.