negligence
Substantivin Dialogen belegt
- //ˈnɛɡlɪd͡ʒəns//
The state of being negligent.
Substantiv
- 1
The state of being negligent.
negligence while driving
The Woodwalton signalman, Rose, who was severely censured in Captain Tyler's report, behaved with great negligence.
- 2
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
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.
Herkunft
From Middle English necligence, negligence, from Old French negligence, from Latin neglegentia.
Formen
- Plural
- negligences