Neglect and Return

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Neglect verb - To fail to give proper attention to.

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Return and neglect are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Return" instead a verb "Neglect".

Return verb - To bring, send, or put back to a former or proper place.

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Neglect and return are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Neglect" instead a verb "Return".

Nearby Words: returned, returning, returnable, returnee, returner

true	true neglect	true return
real	real neglect	real return
serious	serious neglect	serious return
possible	possible neglect	possible return
Other adjectives: past, apparent, less, subsequent.

At the climax, as Angel tries to return to his owner, Spike apologizes for his neglect, prompting Angel to relent.

Source: The Punishment Is the Crime
The dog waited patiently for twenty years in abject neglect for his master to return, and when Odysseus does (albeit incognito), the dog recognizes him enough to wag its tail, then dies.

Source: Undying Loyalty
Every century, he returns to life for one year and rules again, rebuilding his kingdom from a century of neglect and misrule, but at the end of the year the swords return and he has to watch again as his kingdom collapses without him.

Source: The Punishment

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