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Derelict

Derelict (derelict)
a.(?)
Der"e*lict
[L. derelictus, p. p. of derelinquere to forsake wholly, to abandon; de- + relinquere to leave. See Relinquish.]
  1. Given up or forsaken by the natural owner or guardian; left and abandoned; as, derelict lands.

    The affections which these exposed or derelict children bear to their mothers, have no grounds of nature or assiduity but civility and opinion. Jer. Taylor.

  2. Lost; adrift; hence, wanting; careless; neglectful; unfaithful.

    They easily prevailed, so as to seize upon the vacant, unoccupied, and derelict minds of his [Chatham's] friends; and instantly they turned the vessel wholly out of the course of his policy. Burke.

    A government which is either unable or unwilling to redress such wrongs is derelict to its highest duties. J. Buchanan.

Derelict

Derelict (derelict)
n.
Der"e*lict
  1. A thing voluntary abandoned or willfully cast away by its proper owner, especially a ship abandoned at sea.
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