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négligence — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • carelessness noun A lack of proper attention or caution.
  • neglect verb To fail to give proper care or attention to someone or something.
  • negligence noun A failure to take proper care, especially when it causes harm.

Senses

négligence is used for these senses in English:

  • carelessness Lack of care; the state or quality of being careless.
  • negligence (legal, uncountable) The breach of a duty of care: the failure to exercise a standard of care that a reasonable person would have in a similar situation.

neglect — full definition

  1. verb To fail to give proper care or attention to someone or something.
  2. noun A lack of proper care or attention.

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