English → Latin
“disregard” in Latin
dērelictiōneglect, disregard; abandonment, derelictiondēsertiōdesertionneglēctiōneglect, neglectingomittōto let go, allow to pass by, let fall or let loose; to lay aside, give up, abandon, neglect or disregard; to omit, leaverelinquōto abandon, forsake, desert; to relinquish, leave (behind); to depart (from)dērelinquōto forsake, abandon, discard or desert; to bequeathdēserōto leave, depart, desert, quit; to forsake, abandon, give up; to let downrepudiōto cast off, reject, repudiate, disdain, rebuffobtemperōto comply with; to conform to, obeypendōto weigh, weigh out; to pay; to consider, ponder
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
disregard s.
derelictio: desertio: neglectio; negligentia. [Vid. NEGLECT, s.] Disregard for the public interests, derelictio communis utilitatis: disregard for the rights of man, desertio juris humani: disregard displayed towards friends, neglectio amicorum (Cic.).
disregard v.
omittere: relinquere (to put aside): derelinquere: deserere (to desert; leave in the lurch): negligere (to neglect, to take no notice of): repudiare (to decline having anything to do with; e.g., gratiam alicujus, morem patrium, etc.): non parere, obtemperare, obedire (not to obey): rationem alicujus rei non habere (not to consider it; e.g., eorum, quibuscum est, vel dignitatis vel commodi, Cic.): parvi aestimare, pendere, or ducere (to attach little value to anything): to disregard one’s own interests, utilitatibus suis non servire: to disregard prayers, entreaties, preces, or vota et preces repudiare, or non audire (the latter of the gods); also contemnere or negligere preces. I would pray for this to the gods, if they had not begun to disregard all my prayers, quod precarer deos, nisi meas preces audire desiissent.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for disregard?
- The usual Latin words for “disregard” are dērelictiō, dēsertiō, neglēctiō; also omittō, relinquō, dērelinquō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.