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The trait of forgetting or ignoring your responsibilities
Answer for the clue "The trait of forgetting or ignoring your responsibilities ", 12 letters:
inadvertence
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Word definitions for inadvertence in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-15c., from Middle French inadvertance (14c.), from Scholastic Latin inadvertentia , from in- "not" (see in- (1)) + advertentia , from Latin advertere "to direct one's attention to," literally "to turn toward" (see advertise ).
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The state or quality of being inadvertent; inadvertency; heedlessness; carelessness; negligence. 2 An effect or result of inattention; an oversight or mistake from negligence.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Inadvertence \In`ad*vert"ence\; pl. -ces , Inadvertency \In`ad*vert"en*cy\; pl. -cies , n. [Cf. F. inadvertance.] The quality of being inadvertent; lack of heedfulness or attentiveness; inattention; negligence; as, many mistakes proceed from inadvertence. ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. an unintentional omission resulting from failure to notice something [syn: oversight ] the trait of forgetting or ignoring your responsibilities [syn: unmindfulness , heedlessness , inadvertency ] [ant: mindfulness , mindfulness ]
Usage examples of inadvertence.
With artful inadvertence the gauze seemed to withdraw from their panting bosoms, and new and still newer charms discovered themselves to enchant the eyes and inflame the heart.
We are not boy and girl, to be captiously irritable, misled by every moment's inadvertence, and wantonly playing with our own happiness.
They are believed capable of harming man, either by advertence or inadvertence.
Those who joined our righteous cause were free from harm's way (except by inadvertence, at worst a crime of involuntary manslaughter).
I said, unhanding her, as though my grip upon her might have been an inadvertence.