Definition of negligence

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Negligence (n.) The omission of the care usual under the circumstances, being convertible with the Roman culpa. A specialist is bound to higher skill and diligence in his specialty than one who is not a specialist, and liability for negligence varies acordingly..

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Inadvertency :: Inadvertency (n.) The quality of being inadvertent; lack of heedfulness or attentiveness; inattention; negligence; as, many mistakes proceed from inadvertence..
Slowenly :: Slowenly (a.) Characteristic of a solven; lacking neatness and order; evincing negligence; as, slovenly dress..
Slumber :: Slumber (v. i.) To be in a state of negligence, sloth, supineness, or inactivity..
Negligence :: Negligence (n.) The quality or state of being negligent; lack of due diligence or care; omission of duty; habitual neglect; heedlessness.
Improve :: Improve (v. t.) To disapprove; to find fault with; to reprove; to censure; as, to improve negligence..
Wantonness :: Wantonness (n.) The quality or state of being wanton; negligence of restraint; sportiveness; recklessness; lasciviousness.
Neglection :: Neglection (n.) The state of being negligent; negligence.
Lapse :: Lapse (v. i.) To fall or pass from one proprietor to another, or from the original destination, by the omission, negligence, or failure of some one, as a patron, a legatee, etc..
Security :: Security (n.) Hence, carelessness; negligence; heedlessness..
Inapplication :: Inapplication (n.) Want of application, attention, or diligence; negligence; indolence..
Slip :: Slip (v. t.) To omit; to loose by negligence.
Lache :: Lache (n.) Neglect; negligence; remissness; neglect to do a thing at the proper time; delay to assert a claim.
Culpa :: Culpa (n.) Negligence or fault, as distinguishable from dolus (deceit, fraud), which implies intent, culpa being imputable to defect of intellect, dolus to defect of heart..
Misprision :: Misprision (n.) A neglect, negligence, or contempt..
Wasteful :: Wasteful (a.) Full of waste; destructive to property; ruinous; as, wasteful practices or negligence; wasteful expenses..
Slightness :: Slightness (n.) The quality or state of being slight; slenderness; feebleness; superficiality; also, formerly, negligence; indifference; disregard..
Diligence :: Diligence (n.) The quality of being diligent; carefulness; careful attention; -- the opposite of negligence.
Inadvertency :: Inadvertency (n.) An effect of inattention; a result of carelessness; an oversight, mistake, or fault from negligence..
Negligent :: Negligent (a.) Apt to neglect; customarily neglectful; characterized by negligence; careless; heedless; culpably careless; showing lack of attention; as, disposed in negligent order..
Forslouthe :: Forslouthe (v. t.) To lose by sloth or negligence.
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