derelicting

Verb

derelict (third-person singular simple present derelicts, present participle derelicting, simple past and past participle derelicted)

1. (obsolete, rare, transitive) To abandon or forsake (someone or something).
   • [H]e finds a poor young fellow, a famished, sick young man, derelicted of his master, and left for dead in the march, and by the means and conduct of this wretch, David recovers the enemy, recovers the spoil, recovers his honour, and the love of his people.1630 (date delivered), John Donne, “Sermon LXXI. [At the Hague, December 19, 1619, I preached upon this Text. Since, in My Sickness at Abrey-hatch, in Essex, 1630, Revising My Short Notes of that...
2. (intransitive, obsolete, rare) To neglect a duty.
   • [I]t has occurred to me, that where so momentous a point as the liberty of the subject is concerned, I should be derelicting from my duty, did I not avail myself of the assistance of His Majesty's law officer, where a doubt existed in my mind.1825 April 16 (date written), Geo[rge] Wyke, “Slaves in the Colonies. [Letter to the Hon. Richard Musgrave, Acting Advocate General. No. 6.]”, in Papers and Correspondence: […] Relating to New South...

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