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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Truantship :: Truantship (n.) The conduct of a truant; neglect of employment; idleness; truancy.
Practice :: Practice (n.) Systematic exercise for instruction or discipline; as, the troops are called out for practice; she neglected practice in music..
Cesser :: Cesser (v. i.) a neglect of a tenant to perform services, or make payment, for two years..
Nonpresentation :: Nonpresentation (n.) Neglect or failure to present; state of not being presented.
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..
Nonacceptance :: Nonacceptance (n.) A neglect or refusal to accept.
Disregard :: Disregard (v. t.) Not to regard; to pay no heed to; to omit to take notice of; to neglect to observe; to slight as unworthy of regard or notice; as, to disregard the admonitions of conscience..
Praecipe :: Praecipe (n.) A writ commanding something to be done, or requiring a reason for neglecting it..
Inattention :: Inattention (n.) Want of attention, or failure to pay attention; disregard; heedlessness; neglect..
Imprescriptible :: Imprescriptible (a.) Not capable of being lost or impaired by neglect, by disuse, or by the claims of another founded on prescription..
Negligent :: Negligent (a.) Apt to neglect; customarily neglectful; characterized by negligence; careless; heedless; culpably careless; showing lack of attention; as, disposed in negligent order..
Neglectful :: Neglectful (a.) Full of neglect; heedless; careless; negligent; inattentive; indifferent.
Shirk :: Shirk (v. t.) To avoid; to escape; to neglect; -- implying unfaithfulness or fraud; as, to shirk duty..
Nonuser :: Nonuser () Neglect or omission to use an easement or franchise or to assert a right.
Self-neglecting :: Self-neglecting (n.) A neglecting of one's self, or of one's own interests..
Inobservance :: Inobservance (a.) Want or neglect of observance.
Nondelivery :: Nondelivery (n.) A neglect or failure of delivery; omission of delivery.
Nonusance :: Nonusance (n.) Neglect of using; failure to use.
Slight :: Slight (n.) The act of slighting; the manifestation of a moderate degree of contempt, as by neglect or oversight; neglect; indignity..
Forget :: Forget (v. t.) To treat with inattention or disregard; to slight; to neglect.
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