Look up: derelict

1. Derelict
   A derelict is a vessel or anything relinquished or abandoned at sea, but most commonly the name was applied to a ship abandoned by the crew and left floating about.
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2. derelict
   [adj] - deserted or abandoned as by an owner 2. [adj] - failing in what duty requires 3. [n] - a person unable to support himself
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3. derelict
   a vessel abandoned and forming a menace to navigation Category: Transport
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4. Derelict
   Der'e·lict adjective [ Latin derelictus , past participle of derelinquere to forsake wholly, to abandon; de- + relinquere to leave. See Relinquish .] 1. Given up or forsaken by the natural owner or guardian; ...
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5. Derelict
   Der'e·lict noun (Law) (a) A thing voluntary abandoned or willfully cast away by its proper owner, especially a ship abandoned at sea. (b) A tract of land left dry by the sea, and fit for cultivation or use.
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6. derelict
   delinquent adjective failing in what duty requires; `derelict (or delinquent) in his duty`; `neglectful of his duties`; `remiss of you not to pay your bills`
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7. derelict
   noun a person unable to support himself
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8. Derelict
   • (n.) A tract of land left dry by the sea, and fit for cultivation or use. • (n.) A thing voluntary abandoned or willfully cast away by its proper owner, especially a ship abandoned at sea. • (a.) Lost; adrift; hence, wanting; careless; neglectful; unfaithful. • (a.) Given up or...
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9. derelict
   derelict 1. A person who is abandoned by society; especially, a person without a permanent home and means of support; a vagrant; a homeless person, a bum. 2. A vessel (a boat or a ship) abandoned in open water by its officers and crew without any hope or intention of returning to it; a ship abandone...
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10. derelict
    
    • a person unable to support himself
    • a ship abandoned on the high seas
    
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11. Derelict
    This term is applied in the common law in a different sense from what it bears in the civil law. In the former it is applied to lands left by the sea.
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12. Derelict
    n. Someone or something which has been abandoned. For example: a ship that was left to drift in the ocean or a homeless person who is ignored by family and society.
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