negligence
English Thesaurus
1. failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances (noun.act)
hyponym | : | dereliction, |
definition | : | willful negligence (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | comparative negligence, |
definition | : | (law) negligence allocated between the plaintiff and the defendant with a corresponding reduction in damages paid to the plaintiff (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | concurrent negligence, |
definition | : | (law) negligence of two of more persons acting independently; the plaintiff may sue both together or separately (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | contributory negligence, |
definition | : | (law) behavior by the plaintiff that contributes to the harm resulting from the defendant's negligence (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | criminal negligence, culpable negligence, |
definition | : | (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) (noun.act) |
hyponym | : | dodging, escape, evasion, |
definition | : | nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do (noun.act) |
2. the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern (noun.attribute)
hypernym | : | carelessness, sloppiness, |
definition | : | the quality of not being careful or taking pains (noun.attribute) |
3. failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances (noun.act)
derivation | : | careless, |
definition | : | marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful (adj.all) |
4. the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern (noun.attribute)
derivation | : | neglect, |
definition | : | fail to attend to (verb.cognition) |
derivation | : | fail, neglect, |
definition | : | fail to do something; leave something undone (verb.social) |
derivation | : | negligent, |
definition | : | characterized by neglect and undue lack of concern (adj.all) |
5. failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances (noun.act)
derivation | : | careless, |
definition | : | marked by lack of attention or consideration or forethought or thoroughness; not careful (adj.all) |
6. the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern (noun.attribute)
derivation | : | neglect, |
definition | : | fail to attend to (verb.cognition) |
derivation | : | fail, neglect, |
definition | : | fail to do something; leave something undone (verb.social) |
derivation | : | negligent, |
definition | : | characterized by neglect and undue lack of concern (adj.all) |
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