The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms - neglect v.

1) disregard, ignore, slight, pay no attention to, be inattentive to, overlook, pass by, spurn, rebuff, scorn, disdain, contemn, Colloq cold-shoulder: Scholars neglected his work for years. 2) fail (in) , omit; disregard, let slide or pass, be remiss (about or in or regarding) , abandon, lose sight of, forget, shirk: Have I neglected telling you how much I love you? Sybil has neglected her obligations. --n. 3) disregard, disrespect, inattention, indifference, slighting, unconcern, oversight, heedlessness, neglectfulness, carelessness, inadvertence: We lost business to our competitor through simple neglect. 4) negligence, laxity, laxness, slackness, neglectfulness, passivity, passiveness, inactivity, inaction, dereliction, default, failure, failing, remissness: She has been accused of neglect in looking after her children properly.