neglect
     n 1: lack of attention and due care [syn: {disregard}]
     2: the state of something that has been unused and neglected;
        "the house was in a terrible state of neglect" [syn: {disuse}]
     3: willful lack of care and attention [syn: {disregard}]
     4: the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern
        [syn: {negligence}, {neglectfulness}]
     5: failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person
        would exercise under the same circumstances [syn: {negligence},
         {carelessness}, {nonperformance}]
     v 1: leave undone or leave out; "How could I miss that typo?";
          "The workers on the conveyor belt miss one out of ten"
          [syn: {pretermit}, {omit}, {drop}, {miss}, {leave out},
          {overlook}, {overleap}] [ant: {attend to}]
     2: fail to do something; leave something undone; "She failed to
        notice that her child was no longer in his crib"; "The
        secretary failed to call the customer and the company lost
        the account" [syn: {fail}]
     3: fail to attend to; "he neglects his children"
     4: give little or no attention to; "Disregard the errors" [syn:
         {ignore}, {disregard}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0