Antonyms:

choice, doubt, dubiousness, freedom, possibility,
contingency, doubtfulness, fortuity, option, uncertainty.

Prepositions:

The necessity _of_ surrender; a necessity _for_ action; this is a
necessity _to_ me.

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NEGLECT.

Synonyms:

carelessness, heedlessness, negligence, scorn,
default, inadvertence, omission, slackness,
disregard, inattention, oversight, slight,
disrespect, indifference, remissness, thoughtlessness.
failure, neglectfulness,

_Neglect_ (L. _nec_, not, and _lego_, gather) is the failing to take
such care, show such attention, pay such courtesy, etc., as may be
rightfully or reasonably expected. _Negligence_, which is the same in
origin, may be used in almost the same sense, but with a slighter force,
as when Whittier speaks of "the _negligence_ which friendship loves;"
but _negligence_ is often used to denote the quality or trait of
character of which the act is a manifestation, or to denote the habit of
neglecting that which ought to be done. _Neglect_ is transitive,
_negligence_ is intransitive; we speak of _neglect_ of his books,
friends, or duties, in which cases we could not use _negligence_;
_negligence_ in dress implies want of care as to its arrangement,
tidiness, etc.; _neglect_ of one's garments would imply leaving them
exposed to defacement or injury, as by dust, moths, etc. _Neglect_ has a
passive sense which _negligence_ has not; the child was suffering from
_neglect_, _i. e._, from being neglected by others; the child was
suffering from _negligence_ would imply that he himself was neglectful.
The distinction sometimes made that _neglect_ denotes the act, and
_negligence_ the habit, is but partially true; one may be guilty of
habitual _neglect_ of duty; the wife may suffer from her husband's
constant _neglect_, while the _negligence_ which causes a railroad
accident may be that of a moment, and on the part of one ordinarily
careful and attentive; in such cases the law provides punishment for
criminal _negligence_.

Antonyms:

See synonyms for CARE.

Prepositions:

Neglect _of_ duty, _of_ the child _by_ the parent; there was neglect _on
the part of_ the teacher.

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NEW.

Synonyms:

fresh, modern, new-made, upstart,
juvenile, new-fangled, novel, young,
late, new-fashio