Word Meanings - UNOBSERVANCE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Want or neglect of observance; inobservance. Whitlock.

NEGLECTION
The state of being negligent; negligence. Shak.
INOBSERVANCE
Want or neglect of observance. Bacon.
NEGLECTFUL
Full of neglect; heedless; careless; negligent; inattentive; indifferent. Pope. A cold and neglectful countenance. Locke. Though the Romans had no great genius for trade, yet they were not entirely neglectful of it. Arbuthnot. -- Neg*lect"ful*ly,
NEGLECTEDNESS
The state of being neglected.
NEGLECTER
One who neglects. South.
NEGLECT
disregard, neglect, the literal sense prob. neing, not to pick up; nec not, nor (fr. ne not + -que, a particle akin to Goth. -h, -uh, and prob. to E. who; cf. Goth. nih nor) + L. legere to pick up, 1. Not to attend to with due care or attention;
NEGLECTINGLY
Carelessly; heedlessly. Shak.
NEGLECTIVE
Neglectful. "Neglective of their own children." Fuller.
OBSERVANCE
1. The act or practice of observing or noticing with attention; a heeding or keeping with care; performance; -- usually with a sense of strictness and fidelity; as, the observance of the Sabbath is general; the strict observance of duties. It is
SELF-NEGLECTING
A neglecting of one's self, or of one's own interests. Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin As self-neglecting. Shak.
NONOBSERVANCE
Neglect or failure to observe or fulfill.
UNOBSERVANCE
Want or neglect of observance; inobservance. Whitlock.