neglect

neglect
v
1. disregard, take no note or notice of, pass over, pretermit; ignore, overlook, look the other way, blink at, wink at, connive at; let [s.t.] ride, gloss over, make light of, shake off; pass by, Inf. give [s.t.] a miss.
2. omit, forget, lose sight of, not attend to, leave undone; scamp, skimp, shirk, Sl. goof off, Inf. lie down on the job; be remiss, be derelict, be heedless.
3. abandon, fail to care or provide for, Inf. let [s.t.] go; shun, leave alone; spurn, slight, Inf. cold-shoulder, scorn, contemn.
4. forbear, abstain from, do without, forgo, renounce, dispense with.
n
5. disregard, omission, oversight, inattention, default, Law. laches; disregardfulness, inattentiveness, forgetfulness, neglectfulness; incaution, incautiousness, heedlessness, carelessness, inadvertence, inadvertency.
6. noninterference, laissez faire, passiveness, passivity; inactivity, inaction, stasis; dormancy, stagnation.
7. negligence, negligency, dereliction, delinquency, remissness, Obs. indiligence; laxity, slackness, looseness, Fr. laissez-aller; slovenliness, sloppiness, shoddiness; carelessness, inaccuracy, inexactitude, inexactness.
8. languor, languidness, inexertion, indolence, otiosity, otioseness, laziness, idleness, sloth; dilatoriness, procrastination, delay, cunctation; nonchalance, insouciance, improvidence, imprudence, imprudency, indiscretion.

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