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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Impunctuality :: Impunctuality (n.) Neglect of, or failure in, punctuality..
Nonobservance :: Nonobservance (n.) Neglect or failure to observe or fulfill.
Slight :: Slight (n.) The act of slighting; the manifestation of a moderate degree of contempt, as by neglect or oversight; neglect; indignity..
Cessor :: Cessor (v. i.) One who neglects, for two years, to perform the service by which he holds lands, so that he incurs the danger of the writ of cessavit. See Cessavit..
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..
Misprision :: Misprision (n.) Neglect; undervaluing; contempt.
Noncomplying :: Noncomplying (a.) Neglecting or refusing to comply.
Cess :: Cess (v. i.) To cease; to neglect.
Neglectedness :: Neglectedness (n.) The state of being neglected.
Slacken :: Slacken (v. t.) To neglect; to be remiss in.
Ignorance :: Ignorance (n.) A willful neglect or refusal to acquire knowledge which one may acquire and it is his duty to have.
Redemptorist :: Redemptorist (n.) One of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, founded in Naples in 1732 by St. Alphonsus Maria de Liquori. It was introduced onto the United States in 1832 at Detroit. The Fathers of the Congregation devote themselves to preaching to the neglected, esp. in missions and retreats, and are forbidden by their rule to engage in the instruction of youth..
Nonuser :: Nonuser () Neglect or omission to use an easement or franchise or to assert a right.
Forfeit :: Forfeit (n.) To lose, or lose the right to, by some error, fault, offense, or crime; to render one's self by misdeed liable to be deprived of; to alienate the right to possess, by some neglect or crime; as, to forfeit an estate by treason; to forfeit reputation by a breach of promise; -- with to before the one acquiring what is forfeited..
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..
Disobey :: Disobey (v. t.) Not to obey; to neglect or refuse to obey (a superior or his commands, the laws, etc.); to transgress the commands of (one in authority); to violate, as an order; as, refractory children disobey their parents; men disobey their Maker and the laws..
Negligent :: Negligent (a.) Apt to neglect; customarily neglectful; characterized by negligence; careless; heedless; culpably careless; showing lack of attention; as, disposed in negligent order..
Neglecting :: Neglecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Neglec.
Inattention :: Inattention (n.) Want of attention, or failure to pay attention; disregard; heedlessness; neglect..
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..
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