English-French translations for dereliction

• déréliction
  Il faut de plus exprimer les plus vives réserves sur la fiabilité du système de contrôle prévu compte tenu de la déréliction des autorités camerounaises. Furthermore, serious reservations should be expressed concerning the reliability of the control system given the dereliction of duty on the part of the authorities in Cameroon.
• dérélictionner
• prévarication

Definition of dereliction

• Willful neglect of one's duty
• The act of abandoning something, or the state of being abandoned

Examples

• The new soldier did not clean his cabin and was scolded for dereliction and disobedience.
• What he did was a terrible dereliction of duty.

Related words

• derelict
• derelicto
• derelict house
• derelict land