Dereliction of duty means failing to do the task you were charged with. Eg. Falling asleep whilst guarding something.
The escaped convict was found by the police in the nearbyderelict house.
The opposite of duty is liberty or freedom.
Dereliction of duty, going awol, shirks responsibility, etc.
"Patent" in this case means obvious or apparent. If you show patent dereliction of duty, you are obviously not doing your job.
Concerning medical negligence, the 'four D's of negligence' is: "Dereliction of a Duty Directly causing Damages."(Dereliction means deliberate or conscious neglect)
They should be sacked ! They are there to do a job - and sleeping is dereliction of duty !
Dereliction of duty, malpractice.
The four D's of negligence - Duty, Dereliction, Direct Cause, and Damages - are interrelated in the context of a negligence claim. Duty refers to the legal responsibility owed by one party to another; Dereliction is the failure to meet that duty; Direct Cause establishes the causal link between the dereliction and the damages suffered; and Damages are the actual harm or losses suffered as a result of the breach of duty. In a negligence case, all four elements must be proven to establish liability and seek compensation.
He's in prison for dereliction of duty. http://gearsofwar.wikia.com/wiki/Marcus
I suppose that would be dereliction of duty and malfeasance in office.
Neglect. The phrase is used often in medical malpractice.Also known as: "the four D's of medical negligence"
The best meaning for dereliction is to neglect or be negligent, careless.