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neg·li·gence

(nĕg′lĭ-jəns)

1. The state or quality of being negligent.

2. A negligent act or a failure to act.

3. Law

a. Failure to use the degree of care appropriate to the circumstances, resulting in an unintended injury to another.

b. An act or omission showing such lack of care.

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negligence

(ˈnɛɡlɪdʒəns)

1. the state or quality of being negligent

2. a negligent act

3. (Law) law a civil wrong whereby a person or party is in breach of a legal duty of care to another which results in loss or injury to the claimant

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neg•li•gence

(ˈnɛg lɪ dʒəns)

n.

1. the quality, fact, or result of being negligent; neglect.

2. an instance of being negligent.

3. Law. the failure to exercise a reasonable degree of care, esp. for the protection of other persons.

[1300–50; Middle English, variant of necligence < Latin necligentia. See negligent, -ence]

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Noun	1.	negligence - failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances nonperformance, carelessness, neglect nonaccomplishment, nonachievement - an act that does not achieve its intended goal dereliction - willful negligence comparative negligence - (law) negligence allocated between the plaintiff and the defendant with a corresponding reduction in damages paid to the plaintiff concurrent negligence - (law) negligence of two of more persons acting independently; the plaintiff may sue both together or separately contributory negligence - (law) behavior by the plaintiff that contributes to the harm resulting from the defendant's negligence; "in common law any degree of contributory negligence would bar the plaintiff from collecting damages" criminal negligence, culpable negligence - (law) recklessly acting without reasonable caution and putting another person at risk of injury or death (or failing to do something with the same consequences) neglect of duty - (law) breach of a duty dodging, escape, evasion - nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do; "his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible"; "that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive"
	2.	negligence - the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern neglectfulness, neglect carelessness, sloppiness - the quality of not being careful or taking pains dereliction, willful neglect, delinquency - a tendency to be negligent and uncaring; "he inherited his delinquency from his father"; "his derelictions were not really intended as crimes"; "his adolescent protest consisted of willful neglect of all his responsibilities" laxness, remissness, laxity, slackness - the quality of being lax and neglectful

negligence

noun carelessness, failure, neglect, disregard, indifference, shortcoming, omission, oversight, dereliction, forgetfulness, slackness, inattention, laxity, thoughtlessness, laxness, inadvertence, inattentiveness, heedlessness, remissness He was responsible for his patients' deaths through gross negligence.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

negligence

noun

The state or quality of being negligent:

laxity, laxness, remissness, slackness.

Translations

إهْمال، قِلَّة إهْتِمام

nedbalost

uagtsomhed

Fahrlässigkeit Nachlässigkeit

αβλεψία αμέλεια ολιγωρία

descuido negligencia

huolimattomuus

négligence négligence coupable

kæruleysi

negligenza

nevērībanolaidība

achteloosheid nalatigheid

uaktsomhet

negligência

malomarnost

dikkatsizlikihmalkârlık

疏忽

negligence

[ˈneglɪdʒəns] N

1. (= carelessness) → negligencia f
through negligence → por negligencia

2. (Jur) → negligencia f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

negligence

[ˈnɛglɪdʒ^əns] n → négligence f

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negligence

n (= carelessness) → Nachlässigkeit f; (causing danger, Jur) → Fahrlässigkeit f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

negligence

[ˈnɛglɪdʒ/əns] n → negligenza
through negligence → per negligenza
criminal negligence (Law) → reato d'omissione

negligence

(ˈneglidʒəns) noun

carelessness. The accident was caused by the driver's negligence.

ˈnegligent adjective

ˈnegligently adverb

neg·li·gence

n. negligencia, descuido.

negligence

n negligencia

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