negligence

English

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.

Translations

failure to exercise a standard of care (law)

Chinese: Mandarin: 過失 (zh), 过失 (zh) (guòshī), 疏忽 (zh) (shūhu), 失職 (zh), 失职 (zh) (shīzhí) Czech: nedbalost (cs) f. Dutch: nalatigheid (nl) f., achteloosheid (nl) f. Finnish: huolimattomuus (fi) (general carelessness), heitteillejättö (neglect of a person) French: négligence coupable (fr) f. German: Fahrlässigkeit (de) f.

Greek: αβλεψία (el) (avlepsía) f. 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)) Portuguese: negligência (pt) f. Romanian: neglijență (ro), delăsare (ro) Russian: халатность (ru) (xalátnost') f. Telugu: నిర్లక్ష్యం (nirlakshyam) Vietnamese: tính cẩu thả (vi)

External links

• Negligence on Wikipedia.Wikipedia