Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  pipes(Noun) A single pipe organ. 2  pipes(Noun) One's vocal capacity, as if one's lungs were composed of pipe-works. 3  pipes(Noun) breasts.
Neglect of Duty. in Soviet criminal law, a type of official crime. Neglect of duty consists in nonfulfillment or improper fulfillment of duties by an official that results in substantial harm to state or social interests or to a citizenâs rights and interests that are protected by law; it is caused by a careless or unconscientious attitude.
1. abandonment, desertion, renunciation, relinquishment The previous owners had rescued the building from dereliction. 2. (only used with duty) negligence, failure, neglect, evasion, delinquency, abdication, faithlessness, nonperformance, remissness He pleaded guilty to wilful dereliction of duty.