Thesaurus: negligence

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1. n. The quality or state of being negligent; lack of due diligence or care; omission of duty; habitual neglect; heedlessness.
2. n. An act or instance of negligence or carelessness.
3. 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.
4. n. failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
5. n. the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern
6. The quality or state of being negligent; lack of due diligence or care; omission of duty; habitual neglect; heedlessness. 2. An act or instance of negligence or carelessness. remarking his beauties, ... I must also point out his negligences and defects. Blair. 3. (Law) 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. Contributory negligence. See under Contributory. Syn. -- Neglect; inattention; heedlessness; disregard; slight. -- Negligence, Neglect. These two words are freely interchanged in our older writers; but a distinction has gradually sprung up between them. As now generally used, negligence is the habit, and neglect the act, of leaving things undone or unattended to. We are negligent as a general trait of character; we are guilty of neglect in particular cases, or in reference to individuals who had a right to our attentions.
7. The quality or state of being negligent; lack of due diligenceor care; omission of duty; habitual neglect; heedlessness.
8. n:100 n. failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances n. the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern