English-Swedish translations for dereliction

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