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Avoidance vs Neglectful - What's the difference?

avoidance | neglectful |

As a noun avoidance

is the act of annulling; annulment.

As an adjective neglectful is

tending to neglect; failing to take care of matters which require attention.

avoidance

English

Alternative forms

* avoidaunce (obsolete)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • The act of annulling; annulment.
  • The act of becoming vacant, or the state of being vacant; – specifically used for the state of a benefice becoming void by the death, deprivation, or resignation of the incumbent.
  • A dismissing or a quitting; removal; withdrawal.
  • The act of avoiding or shunning; keeping clear of.
  • *
  • *:At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy?; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.
  • Any thing that is to be avoided
  • The courts by which anything is carried off.

    • neglectful

    English

    Alternative forms

    * neglectfull (archaic)

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Tending to neglect; failing to take care of matters which require attention.
  • * 2005 , ,
    • That they were too neglectful of ordinary people like us and overlooked us.

    Derived terms

    * neglectfully * neglectfulness