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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Unobservance :: Unobservance (n.) Want or neglect of observance; inobservance.
Inculture :: Inculture (n.) Want or neglect of cultivation or culture.
Dereliction :: Dereliction (n.) A neglect or omission as if by willful abandonment.
Omittance :: Omittance (n.) The act of omitting, or the state of being omitted; forbearance; neglect..
Negligent :: Negligent (a.) Apt to neglect; customarily neglectful; characterized by negligence; careless; heedless; culpably careless; showing lack of attention; as, disposed in negligent order..
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..
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..
Favoritism :: Favoritism (n.) The disposition to favor and promote the interest of one person or family, or of one class of men, to the neglect of others having equal claims; partiality..
Slighting :: Slighting (a.) Characterized by neglect or disregard.
Delinquent :: Delinquent (n.) Failing in duty; offending by neglect of duty.
Nonusance :: Nonusance (n.) Neglect of using; failure to use.
Excuse :: Excuse (v. t.) That which is offered as a reason for being excused; a plea offered in extenuation of a fault or irregular deportment; apology; as, an excuse for neglect of duty; excuses for delay of payment..
Shortcoming :: Shortcoming (n.) Neglect of, or failure in, performance of duty..
Misprision :: Misprision (n.) Neglect; undervaluing; contempt.
Neglectful :: Neglectful (a.) Full of neglect; heedless; careless; negligent; inattentive; indifferent.
Disobey :: Disobey (v. i.) To refuse or neglect to obey; to violate commands; to be disobedient.
Forget :: Forget (v. t.) To treat with inattention or disregard; to slight; to neglect.
Omission :: Omission (n.) The act of omitting; neglect or failure to do something required by propriety or duty.
Inexecution :: Inexecution (n.) Neglect of execution; nonperformance; as, the inexecution of a treaty..
Default :: Default (n.) A neglect of, or failure to take, some step necessary to secure the benefit of law, as a failure to appear in court at a day assigned, especially of the defendant in a suit when called to make answer; also of jurors, witnesses, etc..
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