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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
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2
the nonperformance of an assigned or expected action
- the factory's owners are being charged with criminal negligence for the fire that killed a dozen workers
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- compliance,
- discharge,
- fulfillment
- (or fulfilment)
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“Negligence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/negligence. Accessed 16 Aug. 2022.
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