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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: dilapidation n 1: a state of deterioration due to old age or long use [syn: {decrepitude}] 2: the process of becoming dilapidated [syn: {ruin}]
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