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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Non-feasance :: Non-feasance (n.) An omission or neglect to do something, esp. that which ought to have been done. Cf. Malfeasance..
Rusty :: Rusty (superl.) Impaired by inaction, disuse, or neglect..
Let :: Let (v. t.) To permit; to allow; to suffer; -- either affirmatively, by positive act, or negatively, by neglecting to restrain or prevent..
Negligent :: Negligent (a.) Apt to neglect; customarily neglectful; characterized by negligence; careless; heedless; culpably careless; showing lack of attention; as, disposed in negligent order..
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..
Inattention :: Inattention (n.) Want of attention, or failure to pay attention; disregard; heedlessness; neglect..
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..
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..
Nonobservance :: Nonobservance (n.) Neglect or failure to observe or fulfill.
Squalidity :: Squalid (a.) Dirty through neglect; foul; filthy; extremely dirty.
Neglecting :: Neglecting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Neglec.
Omit :: Omit (v. t.) To pass by; to forbear or fail to perform or to make use of; to leave undone; to neglect.
Nonperformance :: Nonperformance (n.) Neglect or failure to perform.
Neglective :: Neglective (a.) Neglectful.
Dereliction :: Dereliction (n.) A neglect or omission as if by willful abandonment.
Disobedient :: Disobedient (a.) Neglecting or refusing to obey; omitting to do what is commanded, or doing what is prohibited; refractory; not observant of duty or rules prescribed by authority; -- applied to persons and acts..
Lout :: Lout (v. t.) To treat as a lout or fool; to neglect; to disappoint.
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..
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..
Nonuser :: Nonuser () Neglect or omission to use an easement or franchise or to assert a right.
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