Definition of neglect

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Neglect (v.) Omission of proper attention; avoidance or disregard of duty, from heedlessness, indifference, or willfulness; failure to do, use, or heed anything; culpable disregard; as, neglect of business, of health, of economy..

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Neglect :: 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..
Inexecution :: Inexecution (n.) Neglect of execution; nonperformance; as, the inexecution of a treaty..
Nonacceptance :: Nonacceptance (n.) A neglect or refusal to accept.
Neglectingly :: Neglectingly (adv.) Carelessly; heedlessly.
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.
Neglect :: Neglect (v.) Omission of proper attention; avoidance or disregard of duty, from heedlessness, indifference, or willfulness; failure to do, use, or heed anything; culpable disregard; as, neglect of business, of health, of economy..
Nonobedience :: Nonobedience (n.) Neglect of obedience; failure to obey.
Clean :: Clean (superl.) Free from restraint or neglect; complete; entire.
Nonfulfillment :: Nonfulfillment (n.) Neglect or failure to fulfill.
Omission :: Omission (n.) The act of omitting; neglect or failure to do something required by propriety or duty.
Non-feasance :: Non-feasance (n.) An omission or neglect to do something, esp. that which ought to have been done. Cf. Malfeasance..
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..
Revive :: Revive (v. i.) Hence, to recover from a state of neglect or disuse; as, to revive letters or learning..
Neglecting :: Neglecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Neglec.
Nonrendition :: Nonrendition (n.) Neglect of rendition; the not rendering what is due.
Nonobservance :: Nonobservance (n.) Neglect or failure to observe or fulfill.
Contemptible :: Contemptible (a.) Despised; scorned; neglected; abject.
Obsolete :: Obsolete (a.) No longer in use; gone into disuse; disused; neglected; as, an obsolete word; an obsolete statute; -- applied chiefly to words, writings, or observances..
Neglect :: Neglect (v.) The state of being disregarded, slighted, or neglected..
Imprescriptible :: Imprescriptible (a.) Not capable of being lost or impaired by neglect, by disuse, or by the claims of another founded on prescription..
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