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Negligence vs Abandonment - What's the difference?

negligence | abandonment |

As nouns the difference between negligence and abandonment

is that negligence is the state of being negligent while abandonment is the act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment.

negligence

English

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The state of being negligent.
  • (legal, singulare tantum) 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.
  • (legal, 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 (term); one must therefore take care to clarify what is meant.

    External links

    * (wikipedia) ----

    abandonment

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The act of abandoning, or the state of being abandoned; total desertion; relinquishment.
  • *
  • The voluntary leaving of a person to whom one is bound by a special relation, as a wife, husband or child; desertion.
    • Since he left her, she's suing him for divorce on grounds of abandonment .
  • An abandoned building or structure.
    • High-profile abandonments are harder to infiltrate for urban explorers due to their heightened security.
  • (legal) The relinquishment of a right, claim, or privilege; relinquishment of right to secure a patent by an inventor; relinquishment of copyright by an author.
  • (legal) The relinquishment by the insured to the underwriters of what may remain of the property insured after a loss or damage by a peril insured against.
  • The cessation of service on a particular segment of the lines of a common carrier, as granted by a government agency.
  • A refusal to receive freight so damaged in transit as to be worthless and render carrier liable for its value.
  • The self-surrender to an outside influence.
  • Abandon; careless freedom or ease; surrender to one's emotions.
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    • Related terms

    * abandonable * abandoned * abandonee * abandoner

    Synonyms

    * (careless freedom) nonchalance

    External links

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