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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
ablation, atomization, bankruptcy, biodegradability, biodegradation, breakage, breakdown, breakup, collapse, corrosion, corruption, crack-up, crippling, crumbling, damage, decay, decomposition, degradability, degradation, destruction, detriment, disablement, disintegration, disjunction, disorganization, disrepair, dissolution, encroachment, erosion, harm, hobbling, hurt, hurting, impairment, incapacitation, incoherence, infringement, injury, inroad, loss, maiming, mayhem, mildew, mischief, mold, mutilation, oxidation, oxidization, ravages of time, resolution, ruination, ruinousness, rust, sabotage, scathe, sickening, spoilage, spoiling, weakening, wear, wear and tear
Dictionary Results for dilapidation:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
dilapidation
    n 1: a state of deterioration due to old age or long use [syn:
         decrepitude, dilapidation]
    2: the process of becoming dilapidated [syn: dilapidation,
       ruin]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Dilapidation \Di*lap`i*da"tion\, n. [L. dilapidatio: cf. F.
   dilapidation.]
   1. The act of dilapidating, or the state of being
      dilapidated, reduced to decay, partially ruined, or
      squandered.
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            Tell the people that are relived by the dilapidation
            of their public estate.               --Burke.
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   2. Ecclesiastical waste; impairing of church property by an
      incumbent, through neglect or by intention.
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            The business of dilapidations came on between our
            bishop and the Archibishop of York.   --Strype.
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   3. (Law) The pulling down of a building, or suffering it to
      fall or be in a state of decay. --Burrill.
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3. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
DILAPIDATION. Literally, this signifies the injury done to a building by 
taking stones from it; but in its figurative, which is also its technical 
sense, it means the waste committed or permitted upon a building. 



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