Derelictions according to Merriam-Webster dictionary means “an intentional abandonment”.
This is the sentence I found the word in: “Under this statute, a publisher of a newspaper or periodical, undertaking to conduct a campaign to expose and to censure official derelictions, and devoting his publication principally to that purpose, must face not simply the possibility of a verdict against in him in a suit or prosecution for libel.” (Zelezny, John. Cases in Communications Law)
This sentence is referencing the Near V. Minnesota case in 1925. In the case the Saturday Post published articles accusing public officials of dealing with gangsters and abandoning their duty to protect the people from such activities.
My sentence: She had to forgive her father of his dereliction because he was willing to help her out now that she needs him the most.
Megan Wymer 