negligence

See also: négligence

English

negligence (usually uncountable, plural negligences)

The state of being negligent.
(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.
(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.

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.

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

negligence f (uncountable)

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