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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
dereliction/derəˈlɪkʃn/

▶noun

1 the state of having been abandoned and become dilapidated.

2 (usu. dereliction of duty) shameful failure to fulfil one's obligations.

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