neglect

Meanings

Verb

• To fail to care for or attend to something.
• To omit to notice; to forbear to treat with attention or respect; to slight.
• To fail to do or carry out something due to oversight or carelessness.

Noun

• The act of neglecting.
• The state of being neglected.
• Habitual lack of care.

Related

Similar words

• let slide
• fail, forget
• carelessness
• negligence

Opposite words

• consideration
• notice
• regard

Origin

• Borrowed from Latin neglēctus, perfect passive participle of neglegō, a variant of neclegō, itself from nec + legō. Recorded since 1529, as noun since 1588.