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dereliction of duty

dereliction of duty

An intentional and egregious failure to perform one's required duty or uphold one's responsibility. The coach was fired for a dereliction of duty when he failed to report the incident.
See also: duty, of

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Bartholomaios-Biblical Greek
Daryl['dæril]
JaŠA-Slovene
Basir-Arabic
Valent-Croatian
Junior['dʒu:njə]
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