曠こう職しょく

noun

neglect of official duty

Formal term for dereliction of duty, especially by a public official. Rare in everyday conversation; mainly found in legal or bureaucratic documents.

• 公こう務む員いんの曠こう職しょくは厳きびしく処しょ分ぶんされる。

  Neglect of official duty by a public servant is severely punished.