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Disregard

Not to regard; to pay no heed to; to omit to take notice of; to neglect to observe; to slight as unworthy of regard or notice; as, to disregard the admonitions of conscience.

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Broader term 7

Act 76% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Handle 76% connected

To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold with the hand.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Inattention 76% connected

Want of attention, or failure to pay attention; disregard; heedlessness; neglect.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Mistreatment 76% connected

Wrong treatment.

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Reject 76% connected

To cast from one; to throw away; to discard.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Treat 76% connected

To handle; to manage; to use; to bear one's self toward; as, to treat prisoners cruelly; to treat children kindly.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Despite 76% connected

Malice; malignity; spite; malicious anger; contemptuous hate.

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Omission 76% connected

The act of omitting; neglect or failure to do something required by propriety or duty.

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Manner of action 8

Discredit 76% connected

The act of discrediting or disbelieving, or the state of being discredited or disbelieved; as, later accounts have brought the story into discredit.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Disoblige 76% connected

To do an act which contravenes the will or desires of; to offend by an act of unkindness or incivility; to displease; to refrain from obliging; to be…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Eliminate 76% connected

To put out of doors; to expel; to discharge; to release; to set at liberty.

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Flout 76% connected

To mock or insult; to treat with contempt.

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Pretermit 76% connected

To pass by; to omit; to disregard.

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Reject 76% connected

To cast from one; to throw away; to discard.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Scoff 76% connected

Derision; ridicule; mockery; derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach.

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Slight 76% connected

Sleight.

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Derivationally related 8

Discount 74% connected

To deduct from an account, debt, charge, and the like; to make an abatement of; as, merchants sometimes discount five or six per cent for prompt paym…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Discount 74% connected

To deduct from an account, debt, charge, and the like; to make an abatement of; as, merchants sometimes discount five or six per cent for prompt paym…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Neglect 74% connected

Not to attend to with due care or attention; to forbear one's duty in regard to; to suffer to pass unimproved, unheeded, undone, etc.; to omit; to di…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Neglect 74% connected

Not to attend to with due care or attention; to forbear one's duty in regard to; to suffer to pass unimproved, unheeded, undone, etc.; to omit; to di…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Neglecter 74% connected

One who neglects.

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Neglecter 74% connected

One who neglects.

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Negligent 74% connected

Apt to neglect; customarily neglectful; characterized by negligence; careless; heedless; culpably careless; showing lack of attention; as, disposed i…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Negligent 74% connected

Apt to neglect; customarily neglectful; characterized by negligence; careless; heedless; culpably careless; showing lack of attention; as, disposed i…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 6

Cut 92% connected

of Cut

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Discount 92% connected

To deduct from an account, debt, charge, and the like; to make an abatement of; as, merchants sometimes discount five or six per cent for prompt paym…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Dismiss 92% connected

To send away; to give leave of departure; to cause or permit to go; to put away.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Ignore 92% connected

To be ignorant of or not acquainted with.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Neglect 92% connected

Not to attend to with due care or attention; to forbear one's duty in regard to; to suffer to pass unimproved, unheeded, undone, etc.; to omit; to di…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Snub 92% connected

To sob with convulsions.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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