Dilapidation

·noun The pulling down of a building, or suffering it to fall or be in a state of decay.

II. Dilapidation ·noun Ecclesiastical waste; impairing of church property by an incumbent, through neglect or by intention.

III. Dilapidation ·noun The act of dilapidating, or the state of being dilapidated, reduced to decay, partially ruined, or squandered.