different between disregard vs remissness

English

Etymology

From dis- +? regard. Compare misregard.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /d?s??????d/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /d?s??????d/
• Rhymes: -??(?)d
• Hyphenation: dis?re?gard

Noun

disregard (usually uncountable, plural disregards)

1. The act or state of deliberately not paying attention or caring about; misregard.

   The government's disregard for the needs of disabled people is outrageous.

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Verb

disregard (third-person singular simple present disregards, present participle disregarding, simple past and past participle disregarded)

1. (transitive) To ignore; pay no attention to.

Synonyms

• misregard, unheed, unmind; see also Thesaurus:ignore

Translations

English

Etymology

From remiss +? -ness.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???m?sn?s/

Noun

remissness (countable and uncountable, plural remissnesses)

1. The characteristic of being remiss

   Synonyms: carelessness, negligence, tardiness

   • 1644, John Milton, Aeropagitica:

     Impunity and remissenes, for certain are the bane of a Commonwealth, but here the great art lyes to discern in what the law is to bid restraint and punishment, and in what things perswasion only is to work.

   • 1842, Edgar Allan Poe, The Mystery of Marie Rogêt:

     I have copied them chiefly to show you the extreme remissness of the police, who, as far as I can understand from the Prefect, have not troubled themselves, in any respect, with an examination of the naval officer alluded to.

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