negligence

See also: négligence

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French negligence, from Latin neglegentia.

Noun

negligence (usually uncountable, plural negligences)

1. The state of being negligent.
2. (law, singular only) 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. (law, uncountable) 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.

Usage notes

• The breach of a duty of care is one element of the tort of negligence, but is also called negligence; one must therefore take care to clarify what is meant.

Related terms

• negligent
• neglect

Translations

failure to exercise a standard of care (law)

• Catalan: negligència (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 過失 (zh), 过失 (zh) (guòshī), 疏忽 (zh) (shūhu), 失職 (zh), 失职 (zh) (shīzhí)

• Czech: nedbalost f
• Dutch: nalatigheid (nl) f, achteloosheid (nl) f
• Finnish: huolimattomuus (fi) (general carelessness), heitteillejättö (fi) (neglect of a person)
• French: négligence coupable f
• Georgian: დაუდევრობა (daudevroba)
• German: Fahrlässigkeit (de) f
• Greek: αμέλεια (el) f (améleia)
• Interlingua: negligentia
• Italian: negligenza (it) f

• Japanese: 過失 (ja) (かしつ, kashitsu), 疎か (ja) (おろそか, orosoka)
• Korean: 과실 (ko) (gwasil) (過失 (ko)), 소홀 (ko) (sohol) (疏忽 (ko))
• Latin: indiligentia f, incūria f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: uaktsomhet (no) m or f

• Portuguese: negligência (pt) f
• Romanian: neglijență (ro), delăsare (ro)
• Russian: хала́тность (ru) f (xalátnostʹ)
• Spanish: negligencia (es) f
• Tagalog: kutalay
• Telugu: నిర్లక్ష్యం (te) (nirlakṣyaṃ)
• Vietnamese: tính cẩu thả (vi), sự bất cẩn

Further reading

• negligence on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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Middle French

Noun

negligence f (uncountable)

1. negligence (state of being negligent)