Dictionary

negligence en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈnɛɡlɪd͡ʒəns/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English necligence, negligence, from Old French negligence, from Latin neglegentia.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) The state of being negligent.
   • negligence while driving
   • The Woodwalton signalman, Rose, who was severely censured in Captain Tyler's report, behaved with great negligence. 1946 January and February, T. S. Lascelles, “A Series of False Signals”, in Railway Magazine, page 43:
2. (singular, singular-only, uncountable, usually) 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.
3. (uncountable, usually) 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.

Forms

Deriveds

negligence per se · contributory negligence · gross negligence · criminal negligence · culpable negligence · overnegligence

Relateds

negligent · neglect · endangerment

Translations (51)

he רַשְׁלָנוּת (tort) · ko 과실 (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)) · cmn 過失 /过失 (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)) · te నిర్లక్ష్యం (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)) · es pigricia (state of being negligent) · fi tuottamus (tort) · tr ihmal (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)) · txb ykorñe (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)) · nl achteloosheid (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)) · de Unachtsamkeit (state of being negligent) · ka დაუდევრობა (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)) · fi piittaamattomuus (state of being negligent) · la neglegentia (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)) · pl niedbalstwo (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)) · ja 過失 (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)) · tl kutalay (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)) · de Nachlässigkeit (state of being negligent) · fi heitteillejättö (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)) · hy անփութություն (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)) · ia negligentia (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)) · cmn 失職 /失职 (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)) · ko 소홀 (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)) · pt negligência (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)) · es negligencia (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)) · cs nedbalost (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)) · nl nalatigheid (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)) · es negligencia (state of being negligent) · bg немарливост (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)) · grc ἀμέλεια (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)) · ota اهمال (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)) · fi välinpitämättömyys (state of being negligent) · vi tính cẩu thả (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)) · ro neglijență (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)) · vi sự bất cẩn (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)) · nb uaktsomhet (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)) · cmn 疏忽 (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)) · de Fahrlässigkeit (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)) · ja 疎か (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)) · it negligenza (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)) · ca negligència (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)) · he רַשְׁלָנוּת (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)) · ro delăsare (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)) · el αμέλεια (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)) · la indiligentia (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)) · fi huolimattomuus (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)) · la incūria (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)) · ru хала́тность (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)) · bg нехайство (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)) · bn গাফলাতি (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law)) · ang rēċelēasnes (state of being negligent) · fr négligence coupable (law: failure to exercise a standard of care (law))