See Also: Negligence(law)
negligence(medicine)
Negligence(money)
negligence(dictionary)
negligence(encyclopedia)
negligence(dictionary)
GROSS NEGLIGENCE(law)
Criminal Negligence(law)
Contributory Negligence(law)
COMPARATIVE NEGLIGENCE(law)

negligence (iou)



negligence noun. ME.
[Old & mod. French negligence or Latin negligentia, formed as NEGLIGENT: see -ENCE.]
Lack of attention to what ought to be done; failure to take proper or necessary care of a thing or person; lack of necessary or reasonable care in doing something; carelessness. (Foll. by of.) ME.
contributory negligence: see CONTRIBUTORY adjective 2.
S. Johnson Imputing every deficience to criminal negligence. E. Taylor Leaving things lying abouta habit of infuriating negligence. Which? The accident was clearly caused by negligence.
b. Disregard of a thing or person; failure to take notice. E17.
An instance of inattention or carelessness; a negligent act, a careless omission. LME.
Orig., a careless indifference, as in appearance or dress or in literary or artistic style. Later, freedom from artificiality or restraint. LME.
Addison Nothing is so modish as an agreeable Negligence.
negligency noun (rare) L15.