Definition of neglect

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Neglect (v.) Omission if attention or civilities; slight; as, neglect of strangers..

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Dereliction :: Dereliction (n.) A neglect or omission as if by willful abandonment.
Dilapidation :: Dilapidation (n.) Ecclesiastical waste; impairing of church property by an incumbent, through neglect or by intention..
Cesser :: Cesser (v. i.) a neglect of a tenant to perform services, or make payment, for two years..
Squalidity :: Squalid (a.) Dirty through neglect; foul; filthy; extremely dirty.
Disobedience :: Disobedience (n.) Neglect or refusal to obey; violation of a command or prohibition.
Neglect :: Neglect (v.) Omission if attention or civilities; slight; as, neglect of strangers..
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..
Neglectingly :: Neglectingly (adv.) Carelessly; heedlessly.
Wastrel :: Wastrel (n.) A neglected child; a street Arab.
Praecipe :: Praecipe (n.) A writ commanding something to be done, or requiring a reason for neglecting it..
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..
Negligence :: Negligence (n.) The quality or state of being negligent; lack of due diligence or care; omission of duty; habitual neglect; heedlessness.
Lache :: Lache (n.) Neglect; negligence; remissness; neglect to do a thing at the proper time; delay to assert a claim.
Omission :: Omission (n.) The act of omitting; neglect or failure to do something required by propriety or duty.
Nonobedience :: Nonobedience (n.) Neglect of obedience; failure to obey.
Overslip :: Overslip (v. t.) To slip or slide over; to pass easily or carelessly beyond; to omit; to neglect; as, to overslip time or opportunity..
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..
Lout :: Lout (v. t.) To treat as a lout or fool; to neglect; to disappoint.
Neglect :: Neglect (adv.) To omit to notice; to forbear to treat with attention or respect; to slight; as, to neglect strangers..
Inattention :: Inattention (n.) Want of attention, or failure to pay attention; disregard; heedlessness; neglect..
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