Definition of Derelict

Der´e`lict
a.1.Given up or forsaken by the natural owner or guardian; left and abandoned; as, derelict lands.
2.Lost; adrift; hence, wanting; careless; neglectful; unfaithful.
n.1.(Law) A thing voluntary abandoned or willfully cast away by its proper owner, especially a ship abandoned at sea.


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