The Meaning of neglect

• (adv.) 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.
• (adv.) To omit to notice; to forbear to treat with attention or respect; to slight; as, to neglect strangers.
• (v.) 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.
• (v.) Omission if attention or civilities; slight; as, neglect of strangers.
• (v.) Habitual carelessness; negligence.
• (v.) The state of being disregarded, slighted, or neglected.

Synonyms

negligence , disregard , carelessness , disuse , nonperformance , neglectfulness , sloppiness , unload , overleap , dribble , lose , drip , vault , send packing , drop off , dismiss , drop down , sink , fail , dominate , fell , degenerate , deteriorate , look out over , leave off , lack , ignore , leave out , throw , cast , cut down , pretermit , put down , take out , devolve , expend , exclude , dangle , send away , set down , flatten , look across , swing , cast off , strike down , throw off , escape , overtop , command , except , drop , shake off , discharge , spend , overlook , knock off , look out on , miss , throw away , shed , omit , go , conk out , give way , flunk , bomb , betray , break down , die , run out , break , flush it , miscarry , give out , go wrong , go bad , brush aside , cut , discount , push aside , brush off , snub , heedlessness , scorn , default , inadvertence , omission , slackness , inattention , oversight , slight , disrespect , indifference , remissness , thoughtlessness , failure

Antonyms

take to heart , attend to

Rhymes

affect , aftereffect , albrecht , architect , aspect , becht , bedecked , brecht , checked , circumspect , collect , confect , connect , correct , decked , defect , deflect , deject , deregt , detect , dialect , direct , disaffect , disconnect , disinfect , disrespect , dissect , effect , eject , elect , erect , expect , fecht , hecht , henpecked , incorrect , indirect , infect , inject , insect , inspect , intellect , interconnect , interject , intersect , introspect , knecht , misdirect , necked , nondirect , object , overprotect , pecht , perfect , prefect , project , protect , rechecked , recht , recollect , reconnect , redirect , reflect , reinspect , reject , respect , resurrect , retrospect , schlecht , sect , select , specht , subject , suspect , teleconnect , trekked , unchecked , wecht , whelked , wrecked