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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Neglect \Neg*lect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Neglected; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Neglecting.] [L. neglectus, p. p. of neglegere
     (negligere) to disregard, neglect, the literal sense prob.
     being, not to pick up; nec not, nor (fr. ne not + -que, a
     particle akin to Goth. -h, -uh, and prob. to E. who; cf.
     Goth. nih nor) + L. legere to pick up, gather. See No,
     adv., Legend, Who.]
     1. Not to attend to with due care or attention; to forbear
        one's duty in regard to; to allow to pass unimproved,
        unheeded, undone, etc.; to omit; to disregard; to slight;
        as, to neglect duty or business; to neglect to pay debts.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              I hope
              My absence doth neglect no great designs. --Shak.
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              This, my long suffering and my day of grace,
              Those who neglect and scorn shall never taste.
                                                    --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To omit to notice; to forbear to treat with attention or
        respect; to slight; as, to neglect strangers.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: To slight; overlook; disregard; disesteem; contemn. See
          Slight.
          [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Neglect \Neg*lect"\, n. [L. neglectus. See Neglect, v.]
     1. 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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              To tell thee sadly, shepherd, without blame,
              Or our neglect, we lost her as we came. --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Omission of attention or civilities; slight; as, neglect
        of strangers.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Habitual carelessness; negligence.
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              Age breeds neglect in all.            --Denham.
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     4. The state of being disregarded, slighted, or neglected.
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              Rescue my poor remains from vile neglect. --Prior.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: Negligence; inattention; disregard; disesteem;
          remissness; indifference. See Negligence.
          [1913 Webster]
  
     benign neglect A deliberate policy of minimizing public
        discussion of a controversial issue [e.g. by the
        president] on the theory that excessive discussion in
        itself is harmful or counterproductive.
        [PJC]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Neglect \Neg*lect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Neglected; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Neglecting.] [L. neglectus, p. p. of neglegere
     (negligere) to disregard, neglect, the literal sense prob.
     neing, not to pick up; nec not, nor (fr. ne not + -que, a
     particle akin to Goth. -h, -uh, and prob. to E. who; cf.
     Goth. nih nor) + L. legere to pick up, gather. See No,
     adv., Legend, Who.]
     1. Not to attend to with due care or attention; to forbear
        one's 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.
  
              I hope My absence doth neglect no great designs.
                                                    --Shak.
  
              This, my long suffering and my day of grace, Those
              who neglect and scorn shall never taste. --Milton.
  
     2. To omit to notice; to forbear to treat with attention or
        respect; to slight; as, to neglect strangers.
  
     Syn: To slight; overlook; disregard; disesteem; contemn. See
          Slight.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Neglect \Neg*lect"\, n. [L. neglectus. See Neglect, v.]
     1. 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.
  
              To tell thee sadly, shepherd, without blame, Or our
              neglect, we lost her as we came.      --Milton.
  
     2. Omission if attention or civilities; slight; as, neglect
        of strangers.
  
     3. Habitual carelessness; negligence.
  
              Age breeds neglect in all.            --Denham.
  
     4. The state of being disregarded, slighted, or neglected.
  
              Rescue my poor remains from vile neglect. --Prior.
  
     Syn: Negligence; inattention; disregard; disesteem;
          remissness; indifference. See Negligence.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  neglect
       n 1: lack of attention and due care [syn: disregard]
       2: the state of something that has been unused and neglected;
          "the house was in a terrible state of neglect" [syn: disuse]
       3: willful lack of care and attention [syn: disregard]
       4: the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern
          [syn: negligence, neglectfulness]
       5: failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person
          would exercise under the same circumstances [syn: negligence,
           carelessness, 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: pretermit, omit, drop, miss, leave out,
            overlook, overleap] [ant: attend to]
       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]
       3: fail to attend to; "he neglects his children"
       4: give little or no attention to; "Disregard the errors" [syn:
           ignore, disregard]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  neglect
     Αγγλικά vb.
     αμελώ, παραμελώ

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  neglect
     n.
     1 The act of neglecting.
     2 The state of being neglected.
     3 habitual lack of care.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To fail to care for or attend to something.
     2 (lb en transitive) To omit to notice; to forbear to treat with
  attention or respect; to slight.
     3 (lb en transitive) To fail to do or carry out something due to
  oversight or carelessness.
     4 (lb en transitive mathematics) To ignore for the sake of
  simplifying calculations without significantly affecting accuracy.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  neglect
     n.
     1 The act of neglecting.
     2 The state of being neglected.
     3 habitual lack of care.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To fail to care for or attend to something.
     2 (lb en transitive) To omit to notice; to forbear to treat with
  attention or respect; to slight.
     3 (lb en transitive) To fail to do or carry out something due to
  oversight or carelessness.
     4 (lb en transitive mathematics) To ignore for the sake of
  simplifying calculations without significantly affecting accuracy.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  neglect
     n.
     1 The act of neglecting.
     2 The state of being neglected.
     3 habitual lack of care.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To fail to care for or attend to something.
     2 (lb en transitive) To omit to notice; to forbear to treat with
  attention or respect; to slight.
     3 (lb en transitive) To fail to do or carry out something due to
  oversight or carelessness.
     4 (lb en transitive mathematics) To ignore for the sake of
  simplifying calculations without significantly affecting accuracy.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  neglect
     n.
     1 The act of neglecting.
     2 The state of being neglected.
     3 habitual lack of care.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To fail to care for or attend to something.
     2 (lb en transitive) To omit to notice; to forbear to treat with
  attention or respect; to slight.
     3 (lb en transitive) To fail to do or carry out something due to
  oversight or carelessness.
     4 (lb en transitive mathematics) To ignore for the sake of
  simplifying calculations without significantly affecting accuracy.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  neglect
     Englanti n.
     laiminlyönti
     Englanti vb.
     1 (rak en inf) laiminlyödä jnk tekemisen, hoitaa huonosti
     2 suhtautua välinpitämätön

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  neglect
     Engelska n.
     försummelse, försumlighet
     Engelska vb.
     1 (tagg transitivt språk=en) bortse från
     2 (tagg transitivt språk=en) försumma

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  neglect /nɪɡlˈɛkt/
  1. afstel
  2. agterweë laat

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Neglect /nɪɡlˈɛkt/
  الإهمال

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  neglect //nɪˈɡlɛkt// 
  1. пренебрежение
  act of neglecting
  2. небрежност
  habitual lack of care
  3. запуснатост, изоставеност
  state of being neglected

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  neglect //nɪˈɡlɛkt// 
  1. занемарявам, изоставям
  fail to care for
  2. пренебрегвам
  omit to notice; slight; disregard