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The act of leaving with an intention not to reclaim or resume; an utter forsaking abandonment.
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A neglect or omission as if by willful abandonment.
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The state of being left or abandoned.
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a tendency to be negligent and uncaring; "he inherited his delinquency from his father"; "his derelictions were not really intended as crimes"; "his adolescent protest consisted of willful neglect of all his responsibilities"
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willful negligence
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Intentional property abandonment or desertion. Alternately, the recovering of land from the water as the sea withdraws below the usual water line.
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