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- noun Plural form of
negligence .
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Examples
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To use Plato's own expression there will be here no paraleipomena, + no "negligences," no feminine forgetfulness of one's self, nothing in the work of art unconformed to the leading intention of the artist, who will but increase his power by reserve.
Plato and Platonism Walter Pater 1866
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Barack Obama was supposed to be the antidote to the excesses and negligences of the Bush years.
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That it may please thee to give us true repentance; toforgive us all our sins, negligences, and ignorances; and to endue us with the grace of thy Holy Spirit to amend our lives according to thy holy Word
Archive 2009-02-01 bls 2009
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Barack Obama was supposed to be the antidote to the excesses and negligences of the Bush years.
Printing: Twenty Years From Now, You Will Lie To Your Children 2009
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That it may please thee to give us true repentance; toforgive us all our sins, negligences, and ignorances; and to endue us with the grace of thy Holy Spirit to amend our lives according to thy holy Word
The Great Litany bls 2009
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Barack Obama was supposed to be the antidote to the excesses and negligences of the Bush years.
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Remember not their offenses and negligences, but be mindful of Thy loving mercy, which is from all eternity.
on Death and Purgatory de Brantigny........................ 2008
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Remember not their offenses and negligences, but be mindful of Thy loving mercy, which is from all eternity.
Archive 2008-10-12 de Brantigny........................ 2008
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"There have been culpable negligences which cannot be tolerated," Territory Administration and Decentralisation Minister
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Wherefore we deem it expedient to warn our students of various negligences, which might always be easily avoided and do wonderful harm to books.
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