The state of being negligent.
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.
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.
The process of subordinating.
The quality of being properly obedient to a superior (as a superior officer).
The process of making something subordinate.
The property of being subordinate; inferiority of rank or position.