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neglecting

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Main Entry: neglect
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: be indifferent, leave alone

Synonyms:

affront, brush aside, brush off, condemn, depreciate, despise, detest, discount, disdain, dismiss, disregard, have nothing to do with, ignore, keep at arm's length, keep one's distance, laugh off, let go, live with, make light of, not care for, overlook, pass by, pass over, pass up, pay no attention to, pay no mind, pretermit, rebuff, reject, scant, scorn, shrug off, slight, slur, spurn, tune out, underestimate

Antonyms:

cherish, concern, guard, nurture, protect, take care of, watch
Main Entry: neglect
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: fail to do; forget

Synonyms:

be careless, be derelict, be irresponsible, be negligent, be remiss, bypass, defer, discard, dismiss, disregard, elide, evade, gloss over, let pass, let slide, look the other way, lose sight of, miss, not trouble oneself, omit, overleap, overlook, overpass, pass over, postpone, procrastinate, shirk, skimp, skip, suspend, think little of, trifle

Antonyms:

accomplish, achieve, complete, do, finish, succeed
Main Entry: neglecting
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: disregarding

Synonyms:

ignoring, omitting, overlooking, slighting
Main Entry: blink
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: ignore

Synonyms:

bypass, condone, connive, cushion, discount, disregard, fail, forget, neglect, omit, overlook, overpass, pass by, slight, turn a blind eye

Antonyms:

attend, be aware, pay attention
Main Entry: bypass
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: avoid

Synonyms:

blink at, burke, circumnavigate, circumvent, depart from, detour, deviate from, finesse, get around, go around, go around the barn, ignore, let go, neglect, omit, outflank, pass around, sidestep, skirt, take back road, wink at
Main Entry: default
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: dodge payment

Synonyms:

bilk, defraud, dishonor, evade, fail, leave town, meet under arch, neglect, put on the cuff, rat, repudiate, run out on, see in the alley, shirk, skate, skip, skip out on, stiff*, swindle, welch, welsh

Antonyms:

pay
Main Entry: despise
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: look down on

Synonyms:

abhor, abominate, allergic to, contemn, deride, detest, disdain, disregard, eschew, execrate, feel contempt for, flout, hate, have no use for, loathe, look down nose at, misprize, neglect, put down*, reject, renounce, repudiate, revile, scorn, shun, slight, snub, spurn, undervalue, wipe out
Notes: one would tend to detest someone for behavior, despise someone for character
hate means to 'dislike intensely, loathe' and despise means 'look down on contemptuously'

Antonyms:

admire, appreciate, cherish, like, love
Main Entry: discount
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: ignore; treat as insignificant

Synonyms:

belittle, blink at, brush off, depreciate, derogate, detract from, disbelieve, discredit, dispraise, disregard, doubt, fail, forget, minimize, mistrust, neglect, omit, overlook, overpass, pass over, question, reject, scoff at, scout, slight

Antonyms:

attend, pay attention, recognize
Main Entry: disinherit
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: cut off in will of bequeathal

Synonyms:

bereave, cut off without a cent, deprive, disaffiliate, disown, dispossess, divest, evict, exclude, exheridate, neglect, oust, repudiate, rob

Antonyms:

bequeath, give
Main Entry: disobey
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: disregard rules; refuse to conform

Synonyms:

balk, be remiss, break rules, contravene, counteract, dare, decline, defy, desert, differ, disagree, evade, flout, fly in face of, go counter to, ignore, infringe, insurrect, misbehave, mutiny, neglect, not heed, not listen, not mind, object, overstep, pay no attention to, rebel, recalcitrate, resist, revolt, revolution, revolutionize, riot, rise in arms, run riot, set aside, shirk, strike, take law into own hands, transgress, violate, withstand

Antonyms:

conform, go along, obey, oblige, regard, submit
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