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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Inobservance :: Inobservance (a.) Want or neglect of observance.
Misprision :: Misprision (n.) A neglect, negligence, or contempt..
Disorder :: Disorder (n.) Neglect of order or system; irregularity.
Nonobedience :: Nonobedience (n.) Neglect of obedience; failure to obey.
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..
Debt :: Debt (n.) A duty neglected or violated; a fault; a sin; a trespass.
Noncompliance :: Noncompliance (n.) Neglect of compliance; failure to comply.
Oversee :: Oversee (v. t.) To omit or neglect seeing.
Scamp :: Scamp (a.) To perform in a hasty, neglectful, or imperfect manner; to do superficially..
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..
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..
Lache :: Lache (n.) Neglect; negligence; remissness; neglect to do a thing at the proper time; delay to assert a claim.
Inexecution :: Inexecution (n.) Neglect of execution; nonperformance; as, the inexecution of a treaty..
Forslack :: Forslack (v. t.) To neglect by idleness; to delay or to waste by sloth.
Negligence :: Negligence (n.) The quality or state of being negligent; lack of due diligence or care; omission of duty; habitual neglect; heedlessness.
Slight :: Slight (n.) The act of slighting; the manifestation of a moderate degree of contempt, as by neglect or oversight; neglect; indignity..
Disregardful :: Disregardful (a.) Neglect; negligent; heedless; regardless.
Prayerless :: Prayerless (a.) Not using prayer; habitually neglecting prayer to God; without prayer.
Squalidity :: Squalid (a.) Dirty through neglect; foul; filthy; extremely dirty.
Nonobservance :: Nonobservance (n.) Neglect or failure to observe or fulfill.
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