WILLFUL NEGLECT

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 I. (noun) 

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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)

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