Difference between Dereliction and Willful Neglect

DERELICTION vs WILLFUL NEGLECT: NOUN

A tendency to be negligent and uncaring
Willful neglect, as of duty or principle.
The act of abandoning; abandonment.
A state of abandonment or neglect.
A gaining of land by the permanent recession of the water line.
The land so gained.
The act of leaving with an intention not to reclaim or resume; an utter forsaking; abandonment.
The state of being forsaken or abandoned.
Willful negligence
Unfaithfulness or remissness; neglect: as, a dereliction of duty.
Synonyms Desertion, relinquishment.
Failure, unfaithfulness.
A neglect or omission as if by willful abandonment.
The state of being left or abandoned.
A retiring of the sea, occasioning a change of high-water mark, whereby land is gained.
Willful neglect of one's duty
The act of abandoning something, or the state of being abandoned
The gaining of land from the water by a change of the water-line.

Surrender, Deviation, Noncompliance, Breach, Carelessness, Abandonment, Omission, Failure, Violation, Desertion, Misconduct, Negligence, Neglect, Delinquency, Willful neglect

Shortening, Dropout, Default, Abandon, Infringement, Surrender, Deviation, Noncompliance, Breach, Carelessness, Failure, Violation, Negligence, Neglect, Delinquency

In this tier, the violation had a reasonable cause, but was not due to willful neglect.
Further, the Secretary will impose civil money penalties after finding violations due to willful neglect.
Defalcation is a willful neglect of duty, even if not accompanied by fraud or embezzlement.
The audit findings established that willful neglect did not occur and reasonable cause existed.
The problem in this case is partiality and willful neglect of a spouse.
The Department is required to impose penalties for violations resulting from willful neglect.
Dilatory methods, willful neglect or misrepresentation in the inspection of meat.
Willful neglect resulting in serious damage to equipment, materials.
These fines involve willful neglect that went uncorrected.
Those penalties address four different categories of violations: Ignorance of the law, reasonable cause, willful neglect with correction, and willful neglect without correction.