Dereliction

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Scrabble:14 ptsWWF:17 pts11 letters

Definition of Dereliction

Noun

Willful neglect of one's duty.
"The new soldier did not clean his cabin and was scolded for dereliction and disobedience."
The act of abandoning something, or the state of being abandoned.
Land gained from the water by a change of water-line.

Anagrams of Dereliction

Words You Can Make

50 words can be made from the letters in "dereliction":

9-LETTER WORDS

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8-LETTER WORDS

centroid decliner deletion denticle derelict dieretic doctrine dolerite election electron elicited elicitor entoiled erection idiolect+18 more

7-LETTER WORDS

centile centred cineole citrine codeine cointer cordite

+1 Letter Anagrams

Words formed by adding one letter to "dereliction" and rearranging:

Related Word Patterns

DE...Words starting with "de"...ONWords ending with "on"All 11-letter words Unscramble "dereliction"

Rhyming Words

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