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derelict
  • (a.) Given up or forsaken by the natural owner or guardian
  • left and abandoned
  • as, derelict lands.
  • (a.) Lost
  • adrift
  • hence, wanting
  • careless
  • neglectful
  • unfaithful.
  • (n.) A thing voluntary abandoned or willfully cast away by its proper owner, especially a ship abandoned at sea.
  • (n.) A tract of land left dry by the sea, and fit for cultivation or use.
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dereliction
  • (n.) The act of leaving with an intention not to reclaim or resume
  • an utter forsaking abandonment.
  • (n.) A neglect or omission as if by willful abandonment.
  • (n.) The state of being left or abandoned.
  • (n.) A retiring of the sea, occasioning a change of high-water mark, whereby land is gained.

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