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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SELF-NEGLECTING

n.[self and neglect. ] A neglecting of one's self. Self-love is not so great a sin as self-neglecting. Shak.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SELF-NEGLECTING

SELF-NEGLECTING Self `-neg *lect "ing, n.

 

Defn: A neglecting of one's self, or of one's own interests. Self-love, my liege, is not so vile a sin As self-neglecting. Shak.