Usually means: Neglecting responsibilities assigned to position.
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  1. dereliction of duty: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. Dereliction of Duty (book), Dereliction of duty: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  3. dereliction of duty, Dereliction of duty: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. dereliction of duty: Legal dictionary

Definitions from Wikipedia (Dereliction of duty)

noun:  a specific offense in American military law.


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