Choose the perfect synonym or antonym for the word To fail to care for or give attention to something or someone.
Neglect
/nɪˈɡlekt/Synonyms:
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Examples:
Nor were moral and social sanitary laws neglected.'I'm not neglecting him.' Sweets Kivel broke in on them.Might he ask, was dying of destitution and neglect necessarily English?
Etymology:
From Latin neglectus, past participle of neglegere meaning to disregard, not heed or regard (literally not pick up), from nec- (not) + legere (to pick up).
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