Definition of neglect

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Neglect (adv.) Not to attend to with due care or attention; to forbear one's duty in regard to; to suffer to pass unimproved, unheeded, undone, etc.; to omit; to disregard; to slight; as, to neglect duty or business; to neglect to pay debts..

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Cesser :: Cesser (v. i.) a neglect of a tenant to perform services, or make payment, for two years..
Infringe :: Infringe (v. t.) To break; to violate; to transgress; to neglect to fulfill or obey; as, to infringe a law or contract..
Neglect :: Neglect (adv.) To omit to notice; to forbear to treat with attention or respect; to slight; as, to neglect strangers..
Sin :: Sin (n.) To depart voluntarily from the path of duty prescribed by God to man; to violate the divine law in any particular, by actual transgression or by the neglect or nonobservance of its injunctions; to violate any known rule of duty; -- often followed by against..
Nonpayment :: Nonpayment (n.) Neglect or failure to pay.
Nonperformance :: Nonperformance (n.) Neglect or failure to perform.
Forfeit :: Forfeit (n.) A thing forfeit or forfeited; what is or may be taken from one in requital of a misdeed committed; that which is lost, or the right to which is alienated, by a crime, offense, neglect of duty, or breach of contract; hence, a fine; a mulct; a penalty; as, he who murders pays the forfeit of his life..
Neglect :: Neglect (v.) The state of being disregarded, slighted, or neglected..
Noncomplying :: Noncomplying (a.) Neglecting or refusing to comply.
Squalidity :: Squalid (a.) Dirty through neglect; foul; filthy; extremely dirty.
Disorder :: Disorder (n.) Neglect of order or system; irregularity.
Unservice :: Unservice (n.) Neglect of duty; idleness; indolence.
Rusty :: Rusty (superl.) Impaired by inaction, disuse, or neglect..
Disobey :: Disobey (v. i.) To refuse or neglect to obey; to violate commands; to be disobedient.
Nonfulfillment :: Nonfulfillment (n.) Neglect or failure to fulfill.
Let :: Let (v. t.) To permit; to allow; to suffer; -- either affirmatively, by positive act, or negatively, by neglecting to restrain or prevent..
Dereliction :: Dereliction (n.) A neglect or omission as if by willful abandonment.
Inobservance :: Inobservance (a.) Want or neglect of observance.
Disusage :: Disusage (n.) Gradual cessation of use or custom; neglect of use; disuse.
Delinquent :: Delinquent (n.) One who fails or neglects to perform his duty; an offender or transgressor; one who commits a fault or a crime; a culprit.
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