dereliction

Other forms of dereliction

plural

derelictions·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about dereliction

What does dereliction mean?

dereliction means "a tendency to be negligent and uncaring". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in dereliction?

dereliction has 4 syllables: der-e-lic-tion. The stress falls on "lic". In IPA it is /ˌdɛɹəˈlɪkʃən/.

What is another word for dereliction?

Close synonyms include delinquency, willful neglect. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dereliction a common word?

dereliction is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.