neglect+of+duty

  • 101disobedience — n. 1. Infraction or violation (of a command), refusal to obey, breach of duty, disobeying. 2. Undutifulness, neglect of duty, unruliness, frowardness, indiscipline, contumacy …

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  • 102amercement — A money penalty in the nature of a fine imposed by statute upon a sheriff or like officer for misconduct or neglect of duty, the object of the statute being to insure promptness and fidelity to duty and to furnish the plaintiff an opportunity to… …

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  • 103delinquent — Noun: A person failing in duty; a person offending by neglect of duty. Peoples Sav. Bank v Retail Merchants Mut. Fire Ins. Co. 146 Iowa 536, 123 NW 198; a person whose acts do not measure up to the proper standard of conduct expected of civilized …

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  • 104dereliction — Failure in performance of duty; neglect of duty. Abandonment of property; abandoned property. A reliction, that is land made by the withdrawal of the waters by which it was previously covered. 56 Am J1st Wat § 476. See reliction; renunciation …

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  • 105incompetency — Inefficiency; a lack of some requisite ability. Anno: 4 ALR3d 1095. Inadequacy or insufficiency, either physical or mental, as the incompetency of a child for hard labor or of an idiot for intellectual labor. Brandt v Godwin, 24 NYSE 305, 3 NYS… …

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  • 106dis|grace — «dihs GRAYS», noun, verb, graced, grac|ing. –n. 1. loss of honor or respect; shame: »The disgrace of being sent to prison was too much for him to bear. 2. loss of favor or trust: »The king s former adviser is now in disgrace. 3. a person or thing …

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  • 107Apologies — Apology A*pol o*gy, n.; pl. {Apologies}. [L. apologia, Gr. ?; ? from + ?: cf. F. apologie. See {Apologetic}.] 1. Something said or written in defense or justification of what appears to others wrong, or of what may be liable to disapprobation;… …

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  • 108Apology — A*pol o*gy, n.; pl. {Apologies}. [L. apologia, Gr. ?; ? from + ?: cf. F. apologie. See {Apologetic}.] 1. Something said or written in defense or justification of what appears to others wrong, or of what may be liable to disapprobation;… …

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  • 109Excuse — Ex*cuse , n. [Cf. F. excuse. See {Excuse}, v. t.] 1. The act of excusing, apologizing, exculpating, pardoning, releasing, and the like; acquittal; release; absolution; justification; extenuation. [1913 Webster] Pleading so wisely in excuse of it …

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  • 110Forfeit — For feit, n. [OE. forfet crime, penalty, F. forfait crime (LL. forefactum, forifactum), prop. p. p. of forfaire to forfeit, transgress, fr. LL. forifacere, prop., to act beyond; L. foris out of doors, abroad, beyond + facere to do. See {Foreign} …

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