different between negligence vs remissness

English

Etymology

From Middle English necligence, negligence, from Old French negligence, from Latin neglegentia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n??l?d???ns/
• Hyphenation: neg?li?gence

Noun

negligence (usually uncountable, plural negligences)

1. The state of being negligent.
2. (law, singular only) The tort whereby a duty of reasonable care was breached, causing damage: any conduct short of intentional or reckless action that falls below the legal standard for preventing unreasonable injury.
3. (law, uncountable) The breach of a duty of care: the failure to exercise a standard of care that a reasonable person would have in a similar situation.

Usage notes

• The breach of a duty of care is one element of the tort of negligence, but is also called negligence; one must therefore take care to clarify what is meant.

Related terms

• negligent
• neglect
• endangerment

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Further reading

• negligence on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Middle French

Noun

negligence f (uncountable)

1. negligence (state of being negligent)

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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