meaning of neglect

1. Not to attend to with due care or attention; to forbear ones 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.
2.
To omit to notice; to forbear to treat with attention or respect; to slight; as, to neglect strangers.
3.
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.
4.
Omission if attention or civilities; slight; as, neglect of strangers.
5.
Habitual carelessness; negligence.
6.
The state of being disregarded, slighted, or neglected.
7.
willful lack of care and attention


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