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Neglect; negligence; remissness; neglect to do a thing at the proper time; delay to assert a claim.

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  1. n. Neglect; negligence; remissness; neglect to do a thing at the proper time; delay to assert a claim.
  2. Neglect; negligence; remissness; neglect to do a thing at the proper time; delay to assert a claim. It ill became him to take advantage of such a laches with the eagerness of a shrewd attorney. Macaulay.
  3. n. Neglect; negligence; remissness; neglect to do a thing at the proper time; delay to assert a claim.