Term: comparative negligence: (law) negligence allocated between the plaintiff and the defendant with a corresponding reduction in damages paid to the plaintiff
Candidate hypernym: negligence: failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances → 1
Candidate hypernym: benday process: a photoengraving technique for adding shading or texture or tone to a printed image → 0
Candidate hypernym: zambian: a native or inhabitant of Zambia → 0
Candidate hypernym: western red-backed salamander: salamander of the Pacific coast of North America → 0
Candidate hypernym: fade: gradually ceasing to be visible → 0
Candidate hypernym: spider flower: native to South America but naturalized in warm parts of United States; grown for its long-lasting spider-shaped white to pink-purple flowers → 0
Candidate hypernym: form: the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something → 0
Candidate hypernym: clarion: a medieval brass instrument with a clear shrill tone → 0
Candidate hypernym: porte-cochere: a carriage entrance passing through a building to an enclosed courtyard → 0
Candidate hypernym: alpha-tocopheral: a potent form of vitamin E obtained from germ oils or by synthesis → 0
Candidate hypernym: trichys: a genus of Hystricidae → 0