Inadvertence

n.	1.
	1.	The quality of being inadvertent; lack of heedfulness or attentiveness; inattention; negligence; as, many mistakes proceed from inadvertence. Inadvertency, or lack of attendance to the sense and intention of our prayers. - Jer. Taylor.
	2.	An effect of inattention; a result of carelessness; an oversight, mistake, or fault from negligence. The productions of a great genius, with many lapses an inadvertencies, are infinitely preferable to works of an inferior kind of author which are scrupulously exact. - Addison.

Noun	1.	inadvertence - an unintentional omission resulting from failure to notice something Synonyms: oversight
	2.	inadvertence - the trait of forgetting or ignoring your responsibilities Synonyms: inadvertency, unmindfulness, heedlessness

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