neglect (n.)
- abandon
- carelessness
- cut
- default
- delinquency
- dereliction
- discount
- disdain
- disregard
- disrespect
- failing
- failure
- heedlessness
- ignore
- inaction
- inactivity
- inadvertence
- inattention
- indifference
- inexpedience
- inexpediency
- lapse
- laxity
- laxness
- malfeasance
- malpractice
- misconduct
- misdirection
- misfeasance
- misgovernment
- mismanagement
- misrule
- miss
- neglectfulness
- negligence
- nod
- nonaccomplishment
- nonachievement
- noncompliance
- nonconformance
- nonconformity
- nonfeasance
- nonobservance
- nonperformance
- omission
- omit
- overlook
- overpass
- oversight
- pass
- passiveness
- passivity
- rebuff
- reject
- remissness
- scant
- scorn
- slackness
- sleep
- slight
- unconcern
- wrongdoing
neglect (v.)
A little neglect may breed mischief: for want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost.
Give me a look, give me a face,
That makes simplicity a grace;
Robes loosely flowing, hair as free,—
Such sweet neglect more taketh me
Than all the adulteries of art:
They strike mine eyes, but not my heart.
A wise and salutary neglect.
