neglect in WordNet English dictionary

1. failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
   negligence  carelessness  neglect  nonperformance 
   
2. willful lack of care and attention
   disregard  neglect 
   
3. lack of attention and due care
   disregard  neglect 
   
4. the state of something that has been unused and neglected
   "the house was in a terrible state of neglect"
   neglect  disuse 
   
5. the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern
   negligence  neglect  neglectfulness 
   

1. give little or no attention to
   "Disregard the errors"
   neglect  ignore  disregard 
   
2. leave undone or leave out
   "How could I miss that typo?"; "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"
   neglect  pretermit  omit  drop  miss  leave out  overlook  overleap 
   
3. 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"
   fail  neglect 
   
4. fail to attend to
   "he neglects his children"
   neglect