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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Nonpayment :: Nonpayment (n.) Neglect or failure to pay.
Gamin :: Gamin (n.) A neglected and untrained city boy; a young street Arab.
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..
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..
Nonobservance :: Nonobservance (n.) Neglect or failure to observe or fulfill.
Slacken :: Slacken (v. t.) To neglect; to be remiss in.
Undone :: Undone (a.) Not done or performed; neglected.
Nonobedience :: Nonobedience (n.) Neglect of obedience; failure to obey.
Noncommunion :: Noncommunion (n.) Neglect or failure of communion.
Self-neglecting :: Self-neglecting (n.) A neglecting of one's self, or of one's own interests..
Nonacceptance :: Nonacceptance (n.) A neglect or refusal to accept.
Neglect :: Neglect (v.) Habitual carelessness; negligence.
Disobedience :: Disobedience (n.) Neglect or refusal to obey; violation of a command or prohibition.
Obsolete :: Obsolete (a.) No longer in use; gone into disuse; disused; neglected; as, an obsolete word; an obsolete statute; -- applied chiefly to words, writings, or observances..
Intertrigo :: Intertrigo (n.) A rubbing or chafing of the skin; especially, an abrasion or excoriation of the skin between folds, as in fat or neglected children..
Delinquent :: Delinquent (n.) Failing in duty; offending by neglect of duty.
Forgetful :: Forgetful (a.) Heedless; careless; neglectful; inattentive.
Lache :: Lache (n.) Neglect; negligence; remissness; neglect to do a thing at the proper time; delay to assert a claim.
Go-by :: Go-by (n.) A passing without notice; intentional neglect; thrusting away; a shifting off; adieu; as, to give a proposal the go-by..
Inobservance :: Inobservance (a.) Want or neglect of observance.
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