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WILLFUL NEGLECT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A tendency to be negligent and uncaring
Example:
his adolescent protest consisted of willful neglect of all his responsibilities
Synonyms:
delinquency; dereliction; willful neglect
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("willful neglect" is a kind of...):
neglect; neglectfulness; negligence (the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern)