Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DER-E-LIC'TION
DER-E-LIC'TION, n. [L. derelictio.]
- The act of leaving with an intention not to reclaim; an utter forsaking; abandonment.
- The state of being left or abandoned. – Hooker.
- The leaving or receding from; as, the dereliction of the sea. – Blackstone.
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