DERELICT Der"e*lict, n. (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.
DERELICTION
Der`e*lic"tion, n. Etym: [L. derelictio.]
1. The act of leaving with an intention not to reclaim or resume; an utter forsaking abandonment. Cession or dereliction, actual or tacit, of other powers. Burke.
2. A neglect or omission as if by willful abandonment. A total dereliction of military duties. Sir W. Scott.
3. The state of being left or abandoned.
4. (Law)
Defn: A retiring of the sea, occasioning a change of high-water mark, whereby land is gained.
DERELIGIONIZE
De`re*li"gion*ize, v. t.
Defn: To make irreligious; to turn from religion. [R.]
He would dereligionize men beyond all others. De Quincey.
DERELING
Dere"ling, n.