neglect > define

noun

• Lack of attention and due care.
  • synonyms: disregard
• The state of something that has been unused and neglected.
  • usage: "the house was in a terrible state of neglect"
  • synonyms: disuse
• Willful lack of care and attention.
  • synonyms: disregard
• The trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern.
  • synonyms: negligence, neglectfulness
• Failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances.
  • synonyms: negligence, carelessness, nonperformance

verb

• Leave undone or leave out.
  • usage: "How could I miss that typo"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"
  • synonyms: pretermit, omit, drop, miss, leave out, overlook, overleap
• Fail to do something; leave something undone.
  • usage: "She failed to notice that her child was no longer in his crib"; "The secretary failed to call the customer and the company lost the account"
  • synonyms: fail
• Fail to attend to.
  • usage: "he neglects his children"
• Give little or no attention to.
  • usage: "Disregard the errors"
  • synonyms: ignore, disregard

• (v.) Omission if attention or civilities; slight; as, neglect of strangers.
• (adv.) Not to attend to with due care or attention; to forbear one's duty in regard to; to suffer to pass unimproved, unheeded, undone, etc.; to omit; to disregard; to slight; as, to neglect duty or business; to neglect to pay debts.
• (adv.) To omit to notice; to forbear to treat with attention or respect; to slight; as, to neglect strangers.
• (v.) Habitual carelessness; negligence.
• (v.) The state of being disregarded, slighted or neglected.
• (v.) Omission of proper attention; avoidance or disregard of duty, from heedlessness, indifference or willfulness; failure to do, use or heed anything; culpable disregard; as, neglect of business, of health, of economy.
• (adv.) Not to attend to with due care or attention; to forbear one's duty in regard to; to suffer to pass unimproved, unheeded, undone, etc.; to omit; to disregard; to slight; as, to neglect duty or business; to neglect to pay debts.
• (v.) The state of being disregarded, slighted or neglected.
• (v.) Habitual carelessness; negligence.
• (v.) Omission of proper attention; avoidance or disregard of duty, from heedlessness, indifference or willfulness; failure to do, use or heed anything; culpable disregard; as, neglect of business, of health, of economy.
• (v.) Omission if attention or civilities; slight; as, neglect of strangers.
• (adv.) To omit to notice; to forbear to treat with attention or respect; to slight; as, to neglect strangers.