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negligence

Found in thesaurus: nonaccomplishment, nonachievement, carelessness, sloppiness

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negligence
n. neglect; disregard, carelessness; failure to provide the necessary provision for (Law)

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Negligence
Negligence (Lat. negligentia, from neglegere, to neglect, literally "not to pick up something") is a failure to exercise the care that a reasonably prudent person would exercise in like circumstances. The area of tort law known as negligence involves harm caused by carelessness, not intentional harm.

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negligence
Noun
1. failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
(synonym) carelessness, neglect, nonperformance
(hypernym) nonaccomplishment, nonachievement
(hyponym) dereliction
2. the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern
(synonym) neglect, neglectfulness
(hypernym) carelessness
(hyponym) delinquency, dereliction, willful neglect


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négligence
nf. negligence, inattentiveness, carelessness; disregard, delinquency, remissness; default, dereliction; slovenliness, easiness, forgetfulness

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negligence
n. nedbalost