dilapidation : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: dilapidation	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for dilapidation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dilapidation n a state of deterioration due to old age or long use [syn: decrepitude, dilapidation] the process of becoming dilapidated Synonym(s): dilapidation, ruin
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dilapidation \Dilap`ida"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. Tell the people that are relived by the dilapidation of their public estate. --Burke. 2. Ecclesiastical waste; impairing of church property by an incumbent, through neglect or by intention. The business of dilapidations came on between our bishop and the Archibishop of York. --Strype. 3. (Law) The pulling down of a building, or suffering it to fall or be in a state of decay. --Burrill.