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negligence

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of negligence

1 failure to take the care that a cautious person usually takes

  • exhibiting his usual negligence, he failed to set the emergency brake, and the car rolled down the steep hill and crashed into the telephone pole
Synonyms of negligence

carelessness, dereliction, heedlessness, incaution, incautiousness, laxness, neglectfulness, remissness, slackness
Words Related to negligence

foolhardiness, rashness, recklessness, wildness

neglect, omission

delinquency, irresponsibility, irresponsibleness, malfeasance, malpractice, misconduct

misdirection, mishandling, mismanagement

forgetfulness, inadvertence, inadvertency, inattention, inattentiveness, obliviousness, shortsightedness, unwariness
Near Antonyms of negligence

alertness, attention, attentiveness, awareness

circumspection, observance, vigilance, watchfulness

responsibility, responsibleness
Antonyms of negligence

care, carefulness, caution, cautiousness, heedfulness

2 the nonperformance of an assigned or expected action

  • the factoryʼs owners are being charged with criminal negligence for the fire that killed a dozen workers
Synonyms of negligence

default, delinquency, dereliction, failure, misprision, neglect, nonfeasance, oversight
Words Related to negligence

carelessness, heedlessness, inadvertence, inadvertency, laxity
Near Antonyms of negligence

compliance, discharge, fulfillment (or fulfilment)

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