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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Slight \Slight\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Slighted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Slighting}.]
     To disregard, as of little value and unworthy of notice; to
     make light of; as, to slight the divine commands. --Milton.
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           The wretch who slights the bounty of the skies.
                                                    --Cowper.
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     {To slight off}, to treat slightingly; to drive off; to
        remove. [R.] -- {To slight over}, to run over in haste; to
        perform superficially; to treat carelessly; as, to slight
        over a theme. "They will but slight it over." --Bacon.
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     Syn: To neglect; disregard; disdain; scorn.
  
     Usage: {Slight}, {Neglect}. To slight is stronger than to
            neglect. We may neglect a duty or person from
            inconsiderateness, or from being over-occupied in
            other concerns. To slight is always a positive and
            intentional act, resulting from feelings of dislike or
            contempt. We ought to put a kind construction on what
            appears neglect on the part of a friend; but when he
            slights us, it is obvious that he is our friend no
            longer.
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                  Beware . . . lest the like befall . . .
                  If they transgress and slight that sole command.
                                                    --Milton.
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                  This my long-sufferance, and my day of grace,
                  Those who neglect and scorn shall never taste.
                                                    --Milton.
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From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  29 Moby Thesaurus words for "slighted":
     abandoned, deserted, disregarded, half-done, ignored, laid aside,
     left undone, missed, neglected, omitted, overlooked, passed by,
     passed over, passed up, pigeonholed, put aside, shunted, sidelined,
     sidetracked, unasked, unattended to, uncared-for, unchaperoned,
     unconsidered, undone, unregarded, unsolicited, untended,
     unwatched
  
  

















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