Dereliction vs Negligence - What's the difference?
dereliction | negligence |
willful neglect of one's duty
the act of abandoning something, or the state of being abandoned
The state of being negligent.
(legal, singulare tantum) The tort whereby a duty of reasonable care was breached, causing damage: any conduct short of intentional or reckless action that falls below the legal standard for preventing unreasonable injury.
(legal, uncountable) The breach of a duty of care: the failure to exercise a standard of care that a reasonable person would have in a similar situation.
As nouns the difference between dereliction and negligence
is that dereliction is willful neglect of one's duty while negligence is the state of being negligent.dereliction
English
Noun
- The new soldier did not clean his cabin and was scolded for dereliction and disobedience.
- What he did was a terrible dereliction of duty.