Synonyms of the word

remissness

• n. The characteristic of being remiss; carelessness, negligence; tardiness.

laxity

• n. The state of being lax; looseness, lack of tension.
• n. Moral looseness; lack of rigorousness or strictness.

laxness

• n. The property of being lax, lacking strictness.

neglect

• v. (transitive) To fail to care for or attend to something.
• v. (transitive) To omit to notice; to forbear to treat with attention or respect; to slight.
• v. (transitive) To fail to do or carry out something due to oversight or carelessness.
• n. The act of neglecting.
• n. The state of being neglected.
• n. Habitual lack of care.

neglectfulness

• n. The characteristic of being neglectful.

negligence

• n. The state of being negligent.
• n. (law, singular only) The tort whereby a duty of reasonable care was breached, causing damage: any conduct…
• n. (law, uncountable) The breach of a duty of care: the failure to exercise a standard of care that a reasonable…

slackness

• n. The state of being slack; the quality of having slack.