Dereliction

/dˌɛɹɪlˈɪkʃən/

/ˌdɛɹəˈɫɪkʃən/

Dereliction

willful negligence

a tendency to be negligent and uncaring

Examples

1. All of this debauchery wasn’t dereliction of duty.

2. That was a dereliction of University of California's responsibility to the students under freedom of speech at that institution.

3. Admiral Husband Kimmel and General Walter Short are charged with dereliction of duty.

4. Officially, he was convicted of dereliction of duty.