remissness
111laxity — n. 1. Looseness, slackness, laxness. 2. Remissness, negligence. 3. Latitude, latitudinarianism (which see). 4. Dissoluteness, licentiousness …
112negligence — n. 1. Neglect, carelessness, thoughtlessness, remissness, heedlessness, disregard, inattention, slackness, laches, inadvertency, indifference. 2. Shortcoming, fault, omission, defect, inadvertence …
113slackness — n. 1. Looseness. 2. Remissness, negligence, inattention. 3. Slowness, tardiness, want of tendency. 4. Weakness, feebleness, slowness …
114neglect — I. v. a. 1. Omit, leave out, pass over. 2. Disregard, slight, contemn, overlook, pay no heed to, pay no regard to, leave out of view, leave on one side, not care a straw for, disesteem, despise. II. n. 1. Omission (of a particular act of duty),… …
115remiss — adjective formal (not before noun) careless about doing something that you ought to do: it is remiss of sb to do sth: It was very remiss of me not to answer your letter. remissness noun (U) …
116failure — failure, neglect, default, miscarriage, dereliction are comparable when they mean an omission on the part of someone or something of what is expected or required oj him or of it. Failure basically implies a being found wanting; it implies a lack… …
117negligence — negligence, neglect are not always clearly distinguished in use, even though the lines between them may be drawn with some clearness. Negligence stresses the quality or fact of being negligent or careless either as shown in a lack of care in the… …
118delinquency — n 1. dereliction, negligence, Law. nonfeasance, omission, failure, default; remissness, faithlessness, carelessness; wrongdoing, malefaction, malfeasance, misfeasance, Chiefly Law. malversation. 2. guilt, blame, fault; culpability,… …
119dereliction — n 1. negligence, negligency, neglect, delinquency, remissness, Obs. indiligence; laxity, slackness, looseness, Fr. laissez aller; slovenliness, sloppiness, shoddiness; carelessness, inaccuracy, inexactitude, inexactness. 2. disregard, omission,… …
120improvidence — n 1. thoughtlessness, imprudence, unmindfulness, unthinkingness; inadvertence, unwariness, unwatchfulness, unvigilance; heedlessness, carelessness, incaution, disregardfulness, inattention, inat tentiveness, oversight; neglect, negligence,… …
