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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Disorder :: Disorder (n.) Neglect of order or system; irregularity.
Cess :: Cess (v. i.) To cease; to neglect.
Noncompliance :: Noncompliance (n.) Neglect of compliance; failure to comply.
Clean :: Clean (superl.) Free from restraint or neglect; complete; entire.
Inobservance :: Inobservance (a.) Want or neglect of observance.
Scamp :: Scamp (a.) To perform in a hasty, neglectful, or imperfect manner; to do superficially..
Nonusance :: Nonusance (n.) Neglect of using; failure to use.
Inexecution :: Inexecution (n.) Neglect of execution; nonperformance; as, the inexecution of a treaty..
Neglecter :: Neglecter (n.) One who neglects.
Dilapidate :: Dilapidate (v. t.) To bring into a condition of decay or partial ruin, by misuse or through neglect; to destroy the fairness and good condition of; -- said of a building..
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..
Unobservance :: Unobservance (n.) Want or neglect of observance; inobservance.
Gamin :: Gamin (n.) A neglected and untrained city boy; a young street Arab.
Praecipe :: Praecipe (n.) A writ commanding something to be done, or requiring a reason for neglecting it..
Shortcoming :: Shortcoming (n.) Neglect of, or failure in, performance of duty..
Misprision :: Misprision (n.) Neglect; undervaluing; contempt.
Nonconformity :: Nonconformity (n.) Neglect or failure of conformity; especially, in England, the neglect or refusal to unite with the established church in its rites and modes of worship..
Forgetful :: Forgetful (a.) Heedless; careless; neglectful; inattentive.
Neglectedness :: Neglectedness (n.) The state of being neglected.
Disobedience :: Disobedience (n.) Neglect or refusal to obey; violation of a command or prohibition.
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