Noun: wilful neglect
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: willful neglect)
Usage: Brit, Cdn (US: willful neglect)
- Failure to perform a duty or fulfil a responsibility
"his adolescent protest consisted of wilful neglect of all his responsibilities"; "he inherited his wilful neglect from his father";
- delinquency, dereliction, willful neglect [N. Amer]
Type of: neglect, neglectfulness, negligence