Definitions For Dereliction

noun

  • Willful negligence
  • A tendency to be negligent and uncaring
  • The act of no longer caring for, using, or doing something : the act of abandoning something
  • The condition of being no longer cared for
  • Failure to do your job or duty : failure to do what you should do

Is Dereliction a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
14
Words with Friends
17

The word Dereliction is worth 14 points in Scrabble and 17 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Dereliction in a Sentence

  • The dereliction of a cause by its leaders
  • The officer was formally charged with dereliction of duty.
  • A serious dereliction of duty

Synonyms for Dereliction

Antonyms for Dereliction

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