dilapidation

Meanings

Plural: dilapidations

Noun

• a state of deterioration due to old age or long use
• the process of becoming dilapidated
• The state of being dilapidated, reduced to decay, partially ruined.
• The act of dilapidating, damaging a building or structure through neglect or intentionally.
• Ecclesiastical waste: impairing of church property by an incumbent, through neglect or intentionally.
• Money paid at the end of an incumbency by the incumbent or his heirs for the purpose of putting the parsonage etc. in good repair for the succeeding incumbent.

Synonyms

decrepitude, ruin

Related Words

dilapidate, dilapidated, dilapidator