neglect
41Neglect of probability — The neglect of probability bias, a type of cognitive bias, is the tendency to completely disregard probability when making a decision under uncertainty and is one simple way in which people regularly violate the normative rules for decision… …
42Neglect (English law) — In English law, neglect is a term of art, identical to the, now deprecated, expression lack of care and different from the concept of negligence. Its sole function is to qualify a verdict returned at an inquest by finding that it was a factor… …
43neglect of duty — The omission of one to perform a duty resting upon him. The neglect or failure on the part of a public officer to do and perform a duty or duties laid on him as such by virtue of his office or required of him by law. State ex rel. Hardy v Coleman …
44neglect of child — The want of reasonable care of a child by the parent, that is, the omission of such steps as a reasonable parent would take, such as are usually taken in the ordinary experience of mankind, provided the parent has such means as would enable him… …
45neglect of duty — noun (law) breach of a duty • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Hypernyms: ↑negligence, ↑carelessness, ↑neglect, ↑nonperformance …
46neglect — ne·glect (nə glektґ) [L. neglegere to disregard] disregard of or failure to perform some task or function …
47neglect — Synonyms and related words: Sisyphean labor, abandon, bad policy, be caught napping, be neglectful, be negligent, blink at, brush off, carelessness, cold shoulder, contemn, cut, cut dead, default, delinquency, dereliction, disconformity, discount …
48neglect — neg·lect || nɪ glekt n. disregard, inattention; negligence; forgetfulness; abandonment v. disregard, ignore; be negligent; forget to perform (a duty), shirk; fail to care for, abandon …
49NEGLECT — neglectam …
50neglect — I. v. a. 1. Omit, leave out, pass over. 2. Disregard, slight, contemn, overlook, pay no heed to, pay no regard to, leave out of view, leave on one side, not care a straw for, disesteem, despise. II. n. 1. Omission (of a particular act of duty),… …
