Remissness — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

the quality of being lax and neglectful

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/ɹᵻmˈɪsnəs/

🇬🇧British English

/ɹɪmˈɪsnəs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/ɹɪmˈɪsnəs/

3 syllables Say it as /ɹᵻmˈɪsnəs/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

laxity slackness laxness

Word Forms

lax	adjective	lacking in rigor or strictness
remiss	adjective	failing in what duty requires
slack	adjective	lacking in rigor or strictness

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Nachlässigkeit

die Eigenschaft, nachlässig und nachlässig zu sein

🇫🇷French

négligence

la qualité d'être laxiste et négligent

🇪🇸Spanish

negligencia

la cualidad de ser flojo y negligente

🇮🇹Italian

negligenza

la qualità di essere negligente e negligente

🇳🇱Dutch

nalatigheid

de kwaliteit van laks en nalatig zijn

🇵🇹Portuguese

negligência

qualidade de ser negligente e negligente

🇷🇺Russian

небрежность

качество расхлябанности и небрежности

India

🇮🇳Hindi

लापरवाही

ढिलाई बरतने और लापरवाही बरतने का गुण

🇧🇩Bengali

অবহেলা

শিথিল এবং অবহেলিত হওয়ার গুণমান

🇮🇳Tamil

தயக்கம்

தளர்வான மற்றும் அலட்சியமாக இருக்கும் தரம்

🇮🇳Telugu

విముక్తి

నిరాడంబరంగా మరియు నిర్లక్ష్యంగా ఉండే నాణ్యత

🇮🇳Marathi

उदासीनता

शिथिल आणि दुर्लक्षित असण्याची गुणवत्ता

🇮🇳Gujarati

બેદરકારી

બેદરકાર અને ઉપેક્ષિત હોવાની ગુણવત્તા

🇮🇳Kannada

ವಿಮುಖತೆ

ಸಡಿಲ ಮತ್ತು ನಿರ್ಲಕ್ಷ್ಯದ ಗುಣ

🇮🇳Malayalam

വിട്ടുവീഴ്ച

അലസവും അവഗണനയും ഉള്ള ഗുണം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਕਮੀ

ਢਿੱਲੇ ਅਤੇ ਅਣਗੌਲਿਆ ਹੋਣ ਦੀ ਗੁਣਵੱਤਾ

🇵🇰Urdu

غفلت

سست اور لاپرواہ ہونے کا معیار

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

疏忽

松懈和疏忽的品质

🇯🇵Japanese

怠惰

怠惰で怠慢である性質

🇰🇷Korean

나른함

태만하고 태만하다는 특성

🇻🇳Vietnamese

sự cẩu thả

chất lượng của sự lỏng lẻo và lơ là

🇹🇭Thai

การให้อภัย

คุณภาพของความหละหลวมและละเลย

🇮🇩Indonesian

kelalaian

sifat lemah dan lalai

🇵🇭Filipino

pagpapabaya

ang kalidad ng pagiging maluwag at pabaya

🇲🇾Malay

kelewatan

kualiti menjadi longgar dan lalai

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

إهمال

نوعية التراخي والإهمال

🇮🇷Persian

غفلت

کیفیت سهل انگاری و بی توجهی

🇹🇷Turkish

ihmal

gevşek ve ihmalkar olmanın niteliği

🇮🇱Hebrew

רשלנות

האיכות של להיות רפוי ומזניח

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