#negligence__carelessness__neglect__nonperformance failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances
supertype: #nonaccomplishment__nonachievement an act that does not achieve its intended goal
subtype: #dereliction willful negligence
subtype: #nonfeasance a failure to act when under an obligation to do so; a refusal (without sufficient excuse) to do that which it is your legal duty to do
subtype: #comparative_negligence__comparativenegligence (law) negligence allocated between the plaintiff and the defendant with a corresponding reduction in damages paid to the plaintiff
subtype: #concurrent_negligence (law) negligence of two of more persons acting independently; the plaintiff may sue both together or separately
subtype: #contributory_negligence (law) behavior by the plaintiff that contributes to the harm resulting from the defendant's negligence; in common law any degree of contributory negligence would bar the plaintiff from collecting damages
subtype: #criminal_negligence__culpable_negligence (law) recklessly acting without reasonable caution and putting another person at risk of injury or death (or failing to do something with the same consequences)
subtype: #neglect_of_duty breach of a (legal) duty
subtype: #evasion.negligence__escape__dodging nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do; "his evasion of his clear duty was reprehensible"; "that escape from the consequences is possible but unattractive"
subtype: #escape_mechanism a form of behavior that evades unpleasant realities
subtype: #malingering__skulking evading duty or work by pretending to be incapacitated; "they developed a test to detect malingering"
subtype: #shirking__slacking__soldiering__goofing_off__goofingoff__goldbricking the evasion of work or duty
subtype: #circumvention the act of evading by going around
subtype: #tax_evasion the deliberate failure to pay taxes (usually by making a false report)
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