уклонение от исполнения обязанностей(fail in: He had failed in his duty to his daughter. breach, violate: She had violated her legal duty of confidentiality. avoid, neglect, shirk: I'd be shirking my duty if I didn't warn him. OCD. No failure bothered him more than his shirking of the duty to serve in the Civil War. ... the evidence of manuscripts judged to be of independent authority; there could be no shirking of the duty to locate, describe, and collate manuscripts... There's never any bullshit with James and there's never any shirking of duties. Bridgeport Elementary aide goes public with flap over alleged shirking of duties. Alexander Demidov)
