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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Nonacceptance :: Nonacceptance (n.) A neglect or refusal to accept.
Cesser :: Cesser (v. i.) a neglect of a tenant to perform services, or make payment, for two years..
Inobservance :: Inobservance (a.) Want or neglect of observance.
Default :: Default (n.) A failing or failure; omission of that which ought to be done; neglect to do what duty or law requires; as, this evil has happened through the governor's default..
Nonuser :: Nonuser () Neglect or omission to use an easement or franchise or to assert a right.
Neglect :: Neglect (v.) Omission if attention or civilities; slight; as, neglect of strangers..
Praecipe :: Praecipe (n.) A writ commanding something to be done, or requiring a reason for neglecting it..
Omission :: Omission (n.) The act of omitting; neglect or failure to do something required by propriety or duty.
Prayerless :: Prayerless (a.) Not using prayer; habitually neglecting prayer to God; without prayer.
Forslow :: Forslow (v. t.) To delay; to hinder; to neglect; to put off.
Neglectful :: Neglectful (a.) Full of neglect; heedless; careless; negligent; inattentive; indifferent.
Inoperative :: Inoperative (a.) Not operative; not active; producing no effects; as, laws renderd inoperative by neglect; inoperative remedies or processes..
Scamp :: Scamp (a.) To perform in a hasty, neglectful, or imperfect manner; to do superficially..
Noncommunion :: Noncommunion (n.) Neglect or failure of communion.
Nonpreparation :: Nonpreparation (n.) Neglect or failure to prepare; want of preparation.
Maverick :: Maverick (n.) In the southwestern part of the united States, a bullock or heifer that has not been branded, and is unclaimed or wild; -- said to be from Maverick, the name of a cattle owner in Texas who neglected to brand his cattle..
Lapse :: Lapse (n.) The termination of a right or privilege through neglect to exercise it within the limited time, or through failure of some contingency; hence, the devolution of a right or privilege..
Losel :: Losel (n.) One who loses by sloth or neglect; a worthless person; a lorel.
Nonexecution :: Nonexecution (n.) Neglect or failure of execution; nonperformance.
Contemptible :: Contemptible (a.) Despised; scorned; neglected; abject.
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