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negligence
 
Noun negligence has 2 senses
  1. negligence, carelessness, neglect, nonperformance - failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
    --1 is a kind of nonaccomplishment, nonachievement
    --1 has particulars:
     dereliction; comparative negligence; concurrent negligence; contributory negligence; criminal negligence, culpable negligence; neglect of duty; evasion, escape, dodging
  2. negligence, neglect, neglectfulness - the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern
    --2 is a kind of carelessness
    --2 has particulars:
     delinquency, dereliction, willful neglect; laxness, laxity, remissness
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