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Noun: willful neglect
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: wilful neglect)
  1. Failure to perform a duty or fulfill a responsibility
    "his adolescent protest consisted of willful neglect of all his responsibilities";
    - delinquency, dereliction, wilful neglect [Brit, Cdn]

Type of: neglect, neglectfulness, negligence