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  • 1. negligence
  • Rhymes with Culpable-negligence
  • 2. negligence
  • 3. culpable
Table of Contents
  • 1. negligence
  • Rhymes with Culpable-negligence
  • 2. negligence
  • 3. culpable
Synonyms
Antonyms

1. negligence

noun. ['ˈnɛglədʒəns, ˈnɛglɪdʒəns'] failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances.

Synonyms

  • comparative negligence
  • criminal negligence
  • dodging
  • neglect
  • nonachievement
  • carelessness
  • escape
  • culpable negligence
  • nonaccomplishment
  • concurrent negligence
  • nonperformance
  • neglect of duty
  • dereliction
  • contributory negligence

Antonyms

  • truth
  • mind
  • attend to
  • pay up

Rhymes with Culpable Negligence

2. negligence

noun. ['ˈnɛglədʒəns, ˈnɛglɪdʒəns'] the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern.

Synonyms

  • laxity
  • slackness
  • neglect
  • carelessness
  • remissness
  • sloppiness
  • willful neglect
  • delinquency
  • laxness
  • dereliction

Antonyms

  • keep track
  • attend
  • improvement
  • attention

3. culpable

adjective. ['ˈkʌlpəbəl'] deserving blame or censure as being wrong or evil or injurious.

Synonyms

  • blameable
  • guilty
  • censurable
  • blameful
  • blamable

Antonyms

  • righteous
  • exculpatory
  • unashamed
  • cleared

Etymology

  • culpable (Middle English (1100-1500))
  • culpable (Old French (842-ca. 1400))
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