"negligence" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈnɛɡlɪd͡ʒəns/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-negligence.wav Forms: negligences [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English necligence, negligence, from Old French negligence, from Latin neglegentia. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*leǵ-}}, {{inh|en|enm|necligence}} Middle English necligence, {{der|en|fro|negligence}} Old French negligence, {{der|en|la|neglegentia}} Latin neglegentia Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} negligence (usually uncountable, plural negligences)
  1. The state of being negligent. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (state of being negligent): välinpitämättömyys (Finnish), piittaamattomuus (Finnish), Nachlässigkeit [feminine] (German), Unachtsamkeit [feminine] (German), rēċelēasnes [feminine] (Old English)
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  2. (law, singular only) The tort whereby a duty of reasonable care was breached, causing damage: any conduct short of intentional or reckless action that falls below the legal standard for preventing unreasonable injury. Tags: singular, singular-only, uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Law Translations (tort): tuottamus (Finnish)
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  3. (law, 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. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Law Translations (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)): ἀμέλεια (améleia) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), անփութություն (anpʻutʻutʻyun) (Armenian), গাফলাতি (gaflati) (Bengali), нехайство (nehajstvo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), немарливост (nemarlivost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), negligència [feminine] (Catalan), 過失 (Chinese Mandarin), 过失 (guòshī) (Chinese Mandarin), 疏忽 (shūhu) (Chinese Mandarin), 失職 (Chinese Mandarin), 失职 (shīzhí) (Chinese Mandarin), nedbalost [feminine] (Czech), nalatigheid [feminine] (Dutch), achteloosheid [feminine] (Dutch), huolimattomuus (Finnish), heitteillejättö (english: neglect of a person) (Finnish), négligence coupable [feminine] (French), დაუდევრობა (daudevroba) (Georgian), Fahrlässigkeit [feminine] (German), αμέλεια (améleia) [feminine] (Greek), negligentia (Interlingua), negligenza [feminine] (Italian), 過失 (kashitsu) (alt: かしつ) (Japanese), 疎か (orosoka) (alt: おろそか) (Japanese), 과실 (gwasil) (alt: 過失) (Korean), 소홀 (sohol) (alt: 疏忽) (Korean), indiligentia [feminine] (Latin), neglegentia [feminine] (Latin), incūria [feminine] (Latin), uaktsomhet [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), negligência [feminine] (Portuguese), neglijență (Romanian), delăsare (Romanian), хала́тность (xalátnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), negligencia [feminine] (Spanish), kutalay (Tagalog), నిర్లక్ష్యం (nirlakṣyaṁ) (Telugu), ykorñe (Tocharian B), tính cẩu thả (Vietnamese), sự bất cẩn (Vietnamese)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: contributory negligence, criminal negligence, culpable negligence, gross negligence, negligence per se Related terms: negligent, neglect, endangerment

Inflected forms

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      "sense": "law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)",
      "word": "失職"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shīzhí",
      "sense": "law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)",
      "word": "失职"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nedbalost"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nalatigheid"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "achteloosheid"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)",
      "word": "huolimattomuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "english": "neglect of a person",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)",
      "word": "heitteillejättö"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "négligence coupable"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "daudevroba",
      "sense": "law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)",
      "word": "დაუდევრობა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Fahrlässigkeit"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "améleia",
      "sense": "law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "αμέλεια"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "améleia",
      "sense": "law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ἀμέλεια"
    },
    {
      "code": "ia",
      "lang": "Interlingua",
      "sense": "law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)",
      "word": "negligentia"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "negligenza"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かしつ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kashitsu",
      "sense": "law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)",
      "word": "過失"
    },
    {
      "alt": "おろそか",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "orosoka",
      "sense": "law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)",
      "word": "疎か"
    },
    {
      "alt": "過失",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "gwasil",
      "sense": "law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)",
      "word": "과실"
    },
    {
      "alt": "疏忽",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sohol",
      "sense": "law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)",
      "word": "소홀"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "indiligentia"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "neglegentia"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "incūria"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "uaktsomhet"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "negligência"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)",
      "word": "neglijență"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)",
      "word": "delăsare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "xalátnostʹ",
      "sense": "law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "хала́тность"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "negligencia"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)",
      "word": "kutalay"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "nirlakṣyaṁ",
      "sense": "law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)",
      "word": "నిర్లక్ష్యం"
    },
    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)",
      "word": "ykorñe"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)",
      "word": "tính cẩu thả"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)",
      "word": "sự bất cẩn"
    }
  ],
  "word": "negligence"
}

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