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Negligence

Negligence Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Negligence? [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 Synonyms \| Synonyms for Negligence: carelessness \| neglect \| neglect \| neglectfulness \| nonperformance Related Terms \| Find terms related to Negligence: absentmindedness \| accidia \| acedia \| allowance \| apathy \| approximation \| ataraxia \| ataraxy \| bad policy \| blowziness \| carelessness \| casualness \| chintziness \| culpa \| culpable negligence \| default \| delinquency \| dereliction \| detachment \| deviation \| disconformity \| disinterest \| dispassion \| disregard \| disregardfulness \| distraction \| dowdiness \| easiness \| easygoingness \| failing \| failure \| fecklessness \| flightiness \| flippancy \| forgetfulness \| frivolousness \| frowziness \| frumpishness \| giddiness \| grubbiness \| hastiness \| heedlessness \| impolicy \| impotence \| imprecision \| improvidence \| inaccuracy \| inaccurateness \| inadvertence \| inadvertency \| inattention \| inattentiveness \| inconsideration \| incorrectness \| incuriosity \| indifference \| indiscrimination \| inexactitude \| inexactness \| inexcitability \| inexpedience \| inexpediency \| inobservance \| insouciance \| laches \| lack of affect \| lackadaisicalness \| laissez-faire \| lapse \| lax stewardship \| laxity \| laxness \| leniency \| levity \| lightmindedness \| listlessness \| looseness \| loosening \| maladministration \| malfeasance \| malpractice \| messiness \| mindlessness \| misadministration \| misconduct \| misdirection \| misfeasance \| misgovernment \| misguidance \| mishandling \| mismanagement \| misrule \| neglect \| neglectfulness \| nonadherence \| nonchalance \| noncompliance \| nonconformance \| nonconformity \| nonfeasance \| nonfulfillment \| noninterference \| nonobservance \| nonperformance \| nonrestriction \| obliviousness \| omission \| oscitancy \| overindulgence \| overlooking \| overpermissiveness \| oversight \| permissiveness \| pococurantism \| poor husbandry \| poor stewardship \| predictable error \| probable error \| procrastination \| recklessness \| regardlessness \| relaxation \| relaxedness \| remissness \| seediness \| shabbiness \| shallowness \| shiftlessness \| shoddiness \| slackness \| slatternliness \| slight \| slipshodness \| sloppiness \| sloth \| slovenliness \| slovenry \| sluttishness \| softness \| sordidness \| squalidness \| squalor \| standard deviation \| superficiality \| tackiness \| tawdriness \| thoughtlessness \| thriftlessness \| tolerance \| unalertness \| unanxiousness \| unawareness \| unconcern \| unconsciousness \| uncorrectness \| unfactualness \| unheedfulness \| unintentiveness \| unmindfulness \| unneatness \| unobservance \| unpreciseness \| unrestraint \| unrigorousness \| unsolicitousness \| untidiness \| unwariness \| unwatchfulness \| weakness \| wrongdoing See Also \| carelessness \| comparative negligence \| concurrent negligence \| contributory negligence \| criminal negligence \| culpable negligence \| delinquency \| dereliction \| dereliction \| dodging \| escape \| evasion \| laxity \| laxness \| neglect of duty \| nonaccomplishment \| nonachievement \| remissness \| willful neglect Negligence In Webster's Dictionary \Neg"li*gence\, n. [F. n['e]gligence, L. negligentia.] 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. Usage: {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.

Negligence Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Negligence?

[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

Negligence In Webster's Dictionary

\Neg"li*gence\, n. [F. n['e]gligence, L.
negligentia.]
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.

Usage: {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.

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