Definitions for negligence
ˈnɛg lɪ dʒənsneg·li·gence

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. negligence, carelessness, neglect, nonperformancenoun

   failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances

2. negligence, neglect, neglectfulnessnoun

   the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. negligencenoun

   The state of being negligent

2. negligencenoun

   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. negligencenoun

   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.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. NEGLIGENCEnoun

   Etymology: negligence, Fr. negligentia, Latin.

   1. Habit of omitting by heedlessness, or of acting carelesly.2. Instance of neglect.

   She let it drop by negligence,
   And, to th’advantage, I being here, took’t up. William Shakespeare.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Negligence

   Negligence (Lat. negligentia) is a failure to exercise appropriate and/or ethical ruled care expected to be exercised amongst specified circumstances. The area of tort law known as negligence involves harm caused by failing to act as a form of carelessness possibly with extenuating circumstances. The core concept of negligence is that people should exercise reasonable care in their actions, by taking account of the potential harm that they might foreseeably cause to other people or property.Someone who suffers loss caused by another's negligence may be able to sue for damages to compensate for their harm. Such loss may include physical injury, harm to property, psychiatric illness, or economic loss. The law on negligence may be assessed in general terms according to a five-part model which includes the assessment of duty, breach, actual cause, proximate cause, and damages.

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1. negligence

   Negligence is a failure to exercise the care that a reasonably prudent person would exercise in like circumstances. It involves a careless act or omission resulting in damage or injury to another person or property. More broadly, negligence is a legal concept used in the civil justice system to determine who is at fault for a particular accident or injury, and to what extent they may be held liable.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Negligencenoun

   the quality or state of being negligent; lack of due diligence or care; omission of duty; habitual neglect; heedlessness

2. Negligencenoun

   an act or instance of negligence or carelessness

3. Negligencenoun

   the omission of the care usual under the circumstances, being convertible with the Roman culpa. A specialist is bound to higher skill and diligence in his specialty than one who is not a specialist, and liability for negligence varies acordingly

WikidataRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. Negligence

   Negligence is a failure to exercise the care that a reasonably prudent person would exercise in like circumstances. The area of tort law known as negligence involves harm caused by carelessness, not intentional harm. According to Jay M. Feinman of the Rutgers University School of Law; "those who go personally or bring property where they know that they or it may come into collision with the persons or property of others have by law a duty cast upon them to use reasonable care and skill to avoid such a collision." Fletcher v Rylands Through civil litigation, if an injured person proves that another person acted negligently to cause their injury, they can recover damages to compensate for their harm. Proving a case for negligence can potentially entitle the injured plaintiff to compensation for harm to their body, property, mental well-being, financial status, or intimate relationships. However, because negligence cases are very fact-specific, this general definition does not fully explain the concept of when the law will require one person to compensate another for losses caused by accidental injury. Further, the law of negligence at common law is only one aspect of the law of liability. Although resulting damages must be proven in order to recover compensation in a negligence action, the nature and extent of those damages are not the primary focus of negligence cases.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Negligence

   neg′li-jens, n. fact or quality of being negligent: want of proper care: habitual neglect: a single act of carelessness or neglect, a slight: carelessness about dress, manner, &c.: omission of duty, esp. such care for the interests of others as the law may require—(Shak.) Neglec′tion.—adj. Neg′ligent, neglecting: careless: inattentive: disregarding ceremony or fashion.—adv. Neg′ligently.—adj. Neg′ligible.—adv. Neg′ligibly. [Fr.,—L. negligentia—negligens, -entis, pr.p. of negligĕre, to neglect.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. negligence

   If agent or broker engages to do an act for another, and he either wholly neglects it, or does it unskilfully, an action on the case will lie against him.

Matched Categories

1. • Carelessness
   • Nonaccomplishment

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'negligence' in Nouns Frequency: #2578

How to pronounce negligence?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of negligence in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of negligence in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of negligence in a Sentence

1. House Oversight Chairman Jason Chaffetz:

   On her watch, whether through negligence or incompetence, millions of Americans lost their privacy and personal data.

2. Elise Stefanik:

   Today, I stood up for Upstate NY families who tragically lost 20 people in the tragic Schoharie County limo crash that could have been avoided had the FBI not turned a blind eye to the criminal actions of the driver – an FBI informant – and his company's long history of negligence. It is part of Congress' job to conduct proper oversight of the FBI's activities, and I will not hesitate to compel all FBI documents regarding the tragic Schoharie County limo crash with a Congressional subpoena next year in a Republican Majority.

3. Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda:

   It is very complicated to communicate with the regime whose legitimacy we do not recognise, and which is sending the migrants not by mistake or negligence, but on purpose -- as a political tool.

4. Attorney Michael Winkleman:

   I do think that there is going to be blame and significant blame on the cruise line, i will do everything I can to hold them accountable for what appears to me to be negligence.

5. Samuel Johnson:

   When once a man has made celebrity necessary to his happiness, he has put it in the power of the weakest and most timorous malignity, if not to take away his satisfaction, at least to withhold it. His enemies may indulge their pride by airy negligence and gratify their malice by quiet neutrality.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=negligence
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Negligence
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=negligence
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negligence
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/negligence
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=negligence
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=negligence
9. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=negligence