Crossword Dictionary
negligence
negligence - n
the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern
Synonyms
carelessness, dereliction, heedlessness, incaution, incautiousness, laxness, neglectfulness, remissness, slackness
sentence examples
“The company was charged with negligence in the manufacturing of the defective tires.â€
“exhibiting his usual negligence, he failed to set the emergency brake, and the car rolled down the steep hill and crashed into the telephone poleâ€
“… his naivete and negligence had been the source of his problems.â€
etymology
negligence (n.)
"heedless disregard of duty, inactivity, indifference, habit of omitting to do things which ought to be done," mid-14c., necligence, from Old French negligence "negligence, sloth; injury, injustice" (12c.), and directly from Latin neclegentia, neglegentia "carelessness, heedlessness, neglect," from neglegentem (nominative neglegens) "heedless, careless, unconcerned," present participle of neglegere "to neglect".