Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Lack of due diligence or care; omission of duty; habitual neglect; heedlessness. 2. (n.) An act or instance of negligence or carelessness. 3. (n.) The omission of the care usual under the circumstances, being convertible with the Roman culpa. A specialist is bound to higher skill and diligence in his specialty than one who is not a specialist, and liability for negligence varies accordingly.

Multi-Version Concordance Negligence (2 Occurrences) Ezra 4:22 And beware ye of negligence in doing this; why doth the hurt become great to the loss of the kings?' (YLT) Daniel 6:4 Then the presidents and the satraps sought to find occasion against Daniel as touching the kingdom; but they could find no occasion nor fault, because he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him. (See NAS)