Negligence vs Complacency - What's the difference?
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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.
A feeling of contented self-satisfaction, especially when unaware of upcoming trouble.
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An instance of self-satisfaction.
As nouns the difference between negligence and complacency
is that negligence is the state of being negligent while complacency is a feeling of contented self-satisfaction, especially when unaware of upcoming trouble.negligence
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(en-noun)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) ----complacency
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Alternative forms
* complacenceNoun
(complacencies)- There was something pathetic in his concentration as if his complacency , more acute than of old, was not enough to him any more. When, almost immediately, the telephone rang inside and the butler left the porch Daisy seized upon the momentary interruption and leaned toward me.
- Others proclaim the infirmities of a great man with satisfaction and complacency , if they discover none of the like in themselves.
