dilapidation

  1. Noun.  The state of being dilapidated, reduced to decay, partially ruined.
  2. Noun.  (legal) The act of dilapidating, damaging a building or structure through neglect or by intention.
  3. Noun.  (British, legal) Ecclesiastical waste: impairing of church property by an incumbent, through neglect or by intention.

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