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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :


  Neglect \Neg*lect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Neglected; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Neglecting.] [L. neglectus, p. p. of neglegere
     (negligere) to disregard, neglect, the literal sense prob.
     neing, not to pick up; nec not, nor (fr. ne not + -que, a
     particle akin to Goth. -h, -uh, and prob. to E. who; cf.
     Goth. nih nor) + L. legere to pick up, gather. See No,
     adv., Legend, Who.]
     1. Not to attend to with due care or attention; to forbear
        one's duty in regard to; to suffer to pass unimproved,
        unheeded, undone, etc.; to omit; to disregard; to slight;
        as, to neglect duty or business; to neglect to pay debts.
  
              I hope My absence doth neglect no great designs.
                                                    --Shak.
  
              This, my long suffering and my day of grace, Those
              who neglect and scorn shall never taste. --Milton.
  
     2. To omit to notice; to forbear to treat with attention or
        respect; to slight; as, to neglect strangers.
  
     Syn: To slight; overlook; disregard; disesteem; contemn. See
          Slight.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :


  Neglect \Neg*lect"\, n. [L. neglectus. See Neglect, v.]
     1. Omission of proper attention; avoidance or disregard of
        duty, from heedlessness, indifference, or willfulness;
        failure to do, use, or heed anything; culpable disregard;
        as, neglect of business, of health, of economy.
  
              To tell thee sadly, shepherd, without blame, Or our
              neglect, we lost her as we came.      --Milton.
  
     2. Omission if attention or civilities; slight; as, neglect
        of strangers.
  
     3. Habitual carelessness; negligence.
  
              Age breeds neglect in all.            --Denham.
  
     4. The state of being disregarded, slighted, or neglected.
  
              Rescue my poor remains from vile neglect. --Prior.
  
     Syn: Negligence; inattention; disregard; disesteem;
          remissness; indifference. See Negligence.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :


  neglect
       n 1: lack of attention and due care [syn: disregard]
       2: the state of something that has been unused and neglected;
          "the house was in a terrible state of neglect" [syn: disuse]
       3: willful lack of care and attention [syn: disregard]
       4: the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern
          [syn: negligence, neglectfulness]
       5: failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person
          would exercise under the same circumstances [syn: negligence,
           carelessness, nonperformance]
       v 1: leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?";
            "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"
            [syn: pretermit, omit, drop, miss, leave out,
            overlook, overleap] [ant: attend to]
       2: fail to do something; leave something undone; "She failed to
          notice that her child was no longer in his crib"; "The
          secretary failed to call the customer and the company lost
          the account" [syn: fail]
       3: fail to attend to; "he neglects his children"
       4: give little or no attention to; "Disregard the errors" [syn:
           ignore, disregard]

From eng-afr :


  neglect
       afstel
       agterweë laat

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary :


  Neglect
  
  الإهمال

From English-Croatian Freedict Dictionary :


  neglect
  
  nebriga, nehaj, nemar, zanemariti