English > nonperformance: 1 sense > noun 1, act| Meaning | failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances. |
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| Synonyms | negligence, carelessness, neglect |
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| Narrower | comparative negligence | (law) negligence allocated between the plaintiff and the defendant with a corresponding reduction in damages paid to the plaintiff |
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| concurrent negligence | (law) negligence of two of more persons acting independently |
| contributory negligence | (law) behavior by the plaintiff that contributes to the harm resulting from the defendant's negligence |
| criminal negligence, culpable negligence | (law) recklessly acting without reasonable / reasonable / reasonable caution and putting another person at risk of injury or death (or failing to do something with the same consequences) |
| dereliction | Willful negligence |
| evasion, escape, dodging | nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do |
| neglect of duty | (law) breach of a duty |
| Broader | nonaccomplishment, nonachievement | An act that does not achieve its intended goal |
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| Spanish | dejadez, desamparo, descuido, desidia, despreocupación, incuria, negligencia |
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| Catalan | deixadesa, desídia, despreocupació, incúria, negligència |
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