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present participle and gerund of slight examples
comparative more slighting, superlative most slighting
In the manner of a slight; belittling, deprecative examples
plural slightings
The act of giving a slight or snub. quotations examples
[…] the rest, who had looked upon him with such disdainful neglect […] now flocked about him, striving who should express most respect, and, by an extraordinary officiousness, redeem their late slightings.
1848, Lucy Hutchinson, Memoirs of the life of Colonel Hutchinson, page 376
(regional) An act of ignoring or neglecting someone or something; more broadly neglect. examples
(regional) The action of rejecting someone or something; rejection. examples
(military) The full or partial demolition of a fortification.