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dereliction

noun

  1. Now Rare an abandoning or forsaking
  2. Now Rare the state of being abandoned or forsaken
  3. a neglect of, or failure in, duty; a being remiss
  4. Law the gaining of land from water by the gradual retreat of the sea below the usual watermark

See dereliction in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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