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What is a dilapidation?

What is a dilapidation? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. The state of being dilapidated, reduced to decay, partially ruined.
  2. (law) The act of dilapidating, damaging a building or structure through neglect or by intention.
  3. (Britain, law) Ecclesiastical waste: impairing of church property by an incumbent, through neglect or by intention.
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The state of abandonment and dilapidation seems to contradict the antiseptic whiteness of the toy structures.
If you purchase three or more books and point out some dilapidation in one, a discount may graciously be awarded.
In unsettling contrast to its meticulously groomed environs, an aura of dilapidation pervades the site.
Disrepair and dilapidation unnecessarily subjects both caregiver and patient to preventable risk for injury.
The warehouse sits amid a swathe of Glasgow's grey industrial landscape, the peeling paint on the gate hinting at dilapidation.
Because they are using the money reserved for dilapidation as rent, what will we have if they trash the flat?

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