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Meaning of neglect

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  neglect
      n 1: lack of attention and due care [syn: {disregard},
           {neglect}]
      2: the state of something that has been unused and neglected;
         "the house was in a terrible state of neglect" [syn:
         {neglect}, {disuse}]
      3: willful lack of care and attention [syn: {disregard},
         {neglect}]
      4: the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern
         [syn: {negligence}, {neglect}, {neglectfulness}]
      5: failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person
         would exercise under the same circumstances [syn:
         {negligence}, {carelessness}, {neglect}, {nonperformance}]
      v 1: leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?";
           "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"
           [syn: {neglect}, {pretermit}, {omit}, {drop}, {miss},
           {leave out}, {overlook}, {overleap}] [ant: {attend to},
           {take to heart}]
      2: fail to do something; leave something undone; "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" [syn: {fail}, {neglect}]
      3: fail to attend to; "he neglects his children"
      4: give little or no attention to; "Disregard the errors" [syn:
         {neglect}, {ignore}, {disregard}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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