HyperDic: child_neglect

English > 1 sense of the expression *child neglect*:
NOUN	act	child neglect	failure of caretakers to provide adequate emotional and physical care for a child

English > *child neglect*: 1 sense > noun 1, act
Meaning	failure of caretakers to provide adequate emotional and physical care for a child.
Broader	maltreatment, ill-treatment, ill-usage, abuse	cruel or inhumane treatment