Associations to the word «Negligence»

Wiktionary

NEGLIGENCE, noun. The state of being negligent.
NEGLIGENCE, noun. (legal) (singulare tantum) 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.
NEGLIGENCE, noun. (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.

Dictionary definition

NEGLIGENCE, noun. Failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances.
NEGLIGENCE, noun. The trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope