Definition of "negligence"

negligence

/ˈnɛɡlɪd͡ʒəns/

noun
usually uncountable, plural negligences
1. The state of being negligent.
  Quotations
  The Woodwalton signalman, Rose, who was severely censured in Captain Tyler's report, behaved with great negligence.
  1946 January and February, T. S. Lascelles, “A Series of False Signals”, in Railway Magazine, page 43
2. (law, singular only) 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.
3. (law, 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.