Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Neglect"
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) 1.7 (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: 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}]
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