Read full poem →Thy lover's eye, so glazed and cold, dares not entreat thy stay:
Duty and dereliction guide thee back to solitude.
Dictionary Entry
Willful neglect of one's duty.
In a Sentence
“The new soldier did not clean his cabin and was scolded for dereliction and disobedience.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
. derelictiondereliction anydereliction gross
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Poetry examples for “dereliction”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.