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.
Embodiment or personification or hypostasis of an underlying principle or quality.
Real being; existence.
Inherency.
Something (food, water, money, etc.) that is required to stay alive.
The act of maintaining oneself at a minimum level.