failure+in+duty

  • 91noncompletion of a task — index delinquency (failure of duty) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 92omission of obligation — index delinquency (failure of duty) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 93slight — I adjective ancillary, auxiliary, diminutive, exiguous, exiguus, immaterial, inappreciable, inconsequential, inconsiderable, inferior, insignificant, levis, light, limited, little, meager, mean, minor, minute, modest, negligible, niggardly,… …

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  • 94unfulfillment of an assignment — index delinquency (failure of duty) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 95dereliction — 1590s, abandonment (formerly with a wider range than in modern use, e.g. of the sea withdrawing from the land), from L. derelictionem (nom. derelictio), noun of action from pp. stem of derelinquere (see DERELICT (Cf. derelict)). Meaning failure… …

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  • 96dereliction — n. 1. Abandonment, renunciation, desertion, relinquishment. 2. Faithlessness, failure in duty, delinquency, neglect, negligence …

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  • 97decimation — The punishing of every tenth soldier by lot, for mutiny or other failure of duty. This was termed decimatio legionis by the Romans. Sometimes only the twentieth man was punished (vicesimatio), or the hundredth (centesimatio) …

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  • 98delinquent — I n Person who has been guilty of some crime, offense, or failure of duty or obligation II adj As applied to a debt or claim, it means simply due and unpaid at the time appointed by law or fixed by contract; as due and unpaid taxes or mortgage… …

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  • 99decimation — The punishing of every tenth soldier by lot, for mutiny or other failure of duty. This was termed decimatio legionis by the Romans. Sometimes only the twentieth man was punished (vicesimatio), or the hundredth (centesimatio) …

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  • 100delinquent — I n Person who has been guilty of some crime, offense, or failure of duty or obligation II adj As applied to a debt or claim, it means simply due and unpaid at the time appointed by law or fixed by contract; as due and unpaid taxes or mortgage… …

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