Antonyms for dereliction
ˌdɛr əˈlɪk ʃəndere·lic·tion

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1. dereliction

   Antonyms:
   performance, observance, adherence, attention

   Synonyms:
   abandonment, failure, shortcoming, desertion, relinquishment, neglect

Matched Categories

1. • Negligence
   • Wrongdoing

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. delinquency, dereliction, willful neglectnoun

   a tendency to be negligent and uncaring

   "he inherited his delinquency from his father"; "his derelictions were not really intended as crimes"; "his adolescent protest consisted of willful neglect of all his responsibilities"

   Synonyms:
   juvenile delinquency, willful neglect, delinquency

2. derelictionnoun

   willful negligence

   Synonyms:
   willful neglect, delinquency

How to use dereliction in a sentence?

1. Joe Rojas:

   This was really a dereliction of duty, there's no way he should have been put in that institution.

2. Patrick Leahy:

   The fact is, when you elect a president, you have to assume a Supreme Court vacancy, he is going to make the nomination, and it would be a sheer dereliction of duty for the Senate not to have a hearing, not to have a vote.

3. Jennifer Harrison:

   This is the exact kind of case that we are watching because it will encourage additional crime and victimize the entire city. we are going to have court watchers tracking cases and making sure that violent criminals get the justice and the sentences they deserve. We will help families file grievances and lawsuits if any kind of harmful injury occurs or if a death occurs due to Alvin Bragg's dereliction of duty.

4. Bennie Thompson:

   That dereliction of duty causes us real concern, and one of those concerns is that whether or not it was intentional, and whether or not that lack of attention for that longer period of time, would warrant a referral.

5. Jennifer Harrison:

   We will not sit idly by and watch a bloodbath ensue because of Alvin Bragg's dereliction of duty and failure to enforce the laws.

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