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remissness

noun

Definition of remissnessnext
as in negligence
failure to take the care that a cautious person usually takes it took an incredible amount of reckless remissness on your part to leave the house with the front door wide open

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  1. negligence
  2. neglect
  3. carelessness
Noun
  • The bill does not change any legal standards regarding this type of legal claim and does not limit liability for damages resulting from negligence, Nemeth said.
    — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Earlier this year, two men, Christopher Sage and Terry Thompson, sued DraftKings, FanDuel and other companies for negligence, design defect, failure to warn, unfair trade practices and related claims.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of negligence
Noun
  • Merz said his presence — Germany is not an Arctic country — testified to the importance of the region to overall European security and suggested years of relative neglect should end.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • There are places to disagree with Rovelli, such as his neglect of the primacy of experience in considering how science is even possible.
    — Adam Frank, NPR, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of neglect
Noun
  • Yet the carelessness went up another notch, midway through the first half, when Benjamin Pavard rolled the ball into Martinez’s path and Valverde ran in to close the goalkeeper down.
    — Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • It gets filed alongside carelessness, disorganization and not really trying, and the people who display it often apologize for it as though they’d been caught slacking.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of carelessness
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“Remissness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remissness. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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