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Definition of Disregard
1. Verb. Refuse to acknowledge. "She cut him dead at the meeting"
2. Noun. Lack of attention and due care.
Generic synonyms: Inattention
Specialized synonyms: Omission
Derivative terms: Neglect, Neglect
3. Verb. Bar from attention or consideration. "She dismissed his advances"
Specialized synonyms: Cold-shoulder, Slight, Discredit, Shrug Off, Pass Off, Flout, Scoff, Turn A Blind Eye, Laugh Away, Laugh Off, Disoblige
Generic synonyms: Reject
Derivative terms: Brush-off, Dismissive
4. Noun. Willful lack of care and attention.
Generic synonyms: Mistreatment
Specialized synonyms: Despite
Derivative terms: Neglect
5. Verb. Give little or no attention to. "Disregard the errors"
Specialized synonyms: Pretermit
Derivative terms: Neglect, Neglecter, Negligent
Definition of Disregard
1. v. t. Not to regard; to pay no heed to; to omit to take notice of; to neglect to observe; to slight as unworthy of regard or notice; as, to disregard the admonitions of conscience.
2. n. The act of disregarding, or the state of being disregarded; intentional neglect; omission of notice; want of attention; slight.
Definition of Disregard
1. Noun. The act or state of deliberately not paying attention or caring about. ¹
2. Verb. To ignore. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Disregard
1. [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Disregard
Literary usage of Disregard
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1921)
"Checks upon Congressional Disregard of International Law. Although disregard of
international law and treaty by Congress is prevented primarily by that ..."
2. Rules of Evidence as Prescribed by the Common Law: For the Trial of Actions by George William Bradner (1895)
"Direction to disregard evidence.— Where the court instructs the jury to disregard
... On subsequent reflection the court directed the jury to disregard the ..."
3. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"disregard for the safety and lives of other persons." See, also, Tolleson v. So.
RB Co., 88 SC 7, 70 SE 311. It may be that there Is testimony in this case ..."
4. The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides, Henry Dale, Thomas Arnold (1873)
"For being alarmed at tho extent of his disregard for tho laws in his own person,
with respect to his mode of life, and of his designs in tho measures he ..."
5. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1843)
"... or even criminal disregard to the public welfare, exposed them to the contempt
and reproaches of the Pagans, who very frequently asked, what must be the ..."
6. Southern History of the War by Edward Alfred Pollard (1865)
"Exposure of General Bowen hy Pemberton.—The First Mistake.— Pemberton's Disregard
of Johnston's Orders.—Grant's advance against Jackson. ..."
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