Synonyms for NEGLIGENCE
ˈnɛg lɪ dʒənsneg·li·gence

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1. negligence

   Neglect (Latin nec, not, and lego, gather) is the failing to take such care, show such attention, pay such courtesy, etc., as may be rightfully or reasonably expected. Negligence, which is the same in origin, may be used in almost the same sense, but with a slighter force, as when Whittier speaks of "the negligence which friendship loves;" but negligence is often used to denote the quality or trait of character of which the act is a manifestation, or to denote the habit of neglecting that which ought to be done. Neglect is transitive, negligence is intransitive; we speak of neglect of his books, friends, or duties, in which cases we could not use negligence; negligence in dress implies want of care as to its arrangement, tidiness, etc.; neglect of one's garments would imply leaving them exposed to defacement or injury, as by dust, moths, etc. Neglect has a passive sense which negligence has not; the child was suffering from neglect, i. e., from being neglected by others; the child was suffering from negligence would imply that he himself was neglectful. The distinction sometimes made that neglect denotes the act, and negligence the habit, is but partially true; one may be guilty of habitual neglect of duty; the wife may suffer from her husband's constant neglect, while the negligence which causes a railroad accident may be that of a moment, and on the part of one ordinarily careful and attentive; in such cases the law provides punishment for criminal negligence.

   See synonyms for CARE.

   Synonyms:
   carelessness, default, disregard, disrespect, failure, heedlessness, inadvertence, inattention, indifference, neglect, neglectfulness, omission, oversight, remissness, scorn, slackness, slight, thoughtlessness

   Preposition:
   Neglect of duty, of the child by the parent; there was neglect on the part of the teacher.

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1. negligence, carelessness, neglect, nonperformancenoun

   failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances

   Synonyms:
   carelessness, disuse, neglect, neglectfulness, nonperformance, disregard, sloppiness, negligence

2. negligence, neglect, neglectfulnessnoun

   the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern

   Synonyms:
   neglectfulness, carelessness, negligence, disuse, neglect, disregard, nonperformance

Matched Categories

1. • Carelessness
   • Nonaccomplishment

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1. negligencenoun

   Synonyms:
   NEGLECT, carelessness, thoughtlessness, remissness, heedlessness, disregard, inattention, LACHES

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1. negligencenoun

   Synonyms:
   neglect, remissness, oversight, heedlessness, laches (Law)

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1. List of paraphrases for "negligence":

   neglect, carelessness, negligent, malpractice, omission, neglected, nonchalance

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1. Mekapati Goutham Reddy:

   Right now we are not taking any action but certainly the burden of proof lies with them( LG) -- to come forward and say what they have done, we need to understand to what extent was this negligence or what it was. It will all come subsequently once we start ascertaining the situation on the ground.

2. Attorney Michael Winkleman:

   I do think that there is going to be blame and significant blame on the cruise line, i will do everything I can to hold them accountable for what appears to me to be negligence.

3. Catherine Sharkey:

   They only give limited protections, so they never would protect against, for example, gross negligence or recklessness, one could argue that holding a large public gathering that will draw people together in a context in which they're not able to do social distancing or follow the directive of the CDC, et cetera. One could argue that is grossly negligent.

4. Robert Daly:

   It's a gross negligence of leadership, have Atlantic Council ever heard the American president say to other nations,' Atlantic Council are in this together and Atlantic Council want to work closely with you every day to guarantee the health of all of our people' ? Atlantic Council's not hard to say.

5. Najib Balala:

   We are working on improving our surveillance using technology because also humans can be a factor in poaching and also in negligence, so we are not concentrating on increasing the numbers, we are concentrating on using technology to manage wildlife, both inside and outside the national parks.