dereliction
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a tendency to be negligent and uncaring
he inherited his delinquency from his father
Types & categories
- neglectfulness hypernym
Related & opposite
- delinquent derivation
Sense 2 noun
willful negligence
Types & categories
- wrongful conduct hypernym
- negligence hypernym
- nonfeasance hyponym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | delinquent |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | neglectfulness |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | wrongful conduct |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | negligence |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | nonfeasance |