Neglect

v. t.	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. [imp. & p. p. Neglected; p. pr. & vb. n. Neglecting.] 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.
n.	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 of 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. 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.

Noun	1.	neglect - lack of attention and due care Synonyms: disregard
	2.	neglect - the state of something that has been unused and neglected; "the house was in a terrible state of neglect" Synonyms: disuse
	3.	neglect - willful lack of care and attention Synonyms: disregard
	4.	neglect - the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern Synonyms: neglectfulness, negligence
	5.	neglect - failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances Synonyms: negligence, nonperformance, carelessness
Verb	1.	neglect - leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten" Synonyms: leave out, omit, pretermit, overleap, overlook, miss, drop Antonyms: attend to, take to heart - get down to; pay attention to; take seriously; "Attend to your duties, please"
	2.	neglect - 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" Synonyms: fail
	3.	neglect - fail to attend to; "he neglects his children"
	4.	neglect - give little or no attention to; "Disregard the errors" Synonyms: disregard, ignore

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