reasonable care
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3.8
- noun
- /ˈrizənəbl kɛr/
- Jargon
:
diligencia debida
- In this case, the court ruled that the professor and university failed in their duty to exercise reasonable care.
- exercise reasonable care
- duty of reasonable care
- take all reasonable care
Examples
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Importers and exporters are required to use reasonable care and due diligence in determining accurate classifications.
Blog text (13) -
Employers must demonstrate reasonable care in ensuring a safe work environment to avoid legal repercussions.
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So, did the company take "reasonable care" to prevent sexual harassment?
Blog text (31) -
The responsibility to exercise reasonable care in hiring is affected by the nature of the employee's duties.
Academic text (2000) -
In this case, the court ruled that the school and the professor owed a duty of reasonable care to Brittan.
Academic text (1995) -
Obtaining multiple references demonstrates that prospective employers used reasonable care to obtain accurate applicant information.
Academic text (2000) -
Both the EPA and the OWRA provide that every director or officer of a corporation that engages in an activity that may result in the discharge of a contaminant into the environment must take all reasonable care to prevent the corporation from causing or permitting the unlawful discharge.
Academic text (1992) -
In another case involving the use of a class member as a referee in a wrestling match, the court, while refusing to decree that a fellow student cannot properly referee an eighth-grade wrestling match, nevertheless upheld the jury verdict which found a lack of reasonable care on the part of the defendant and held the school legally liable.
Academic text (1995) -
Employer negligence in sexual harassment cases is defined as failing to remedy or prevent a hostile or offensive work environment that management-level employees knew about or, in the exercise of reasonable care, should have known about (Hirschfeld v. New Mexico Corrections Department 1990).
Academic text (1993) -
The court found that the hospital failed to provide reasonable care to its patients, leading to negative outcomes.
Synonyms
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1.0
Attention to avoid harm or mistakes
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5.0
A level of careful attention a sensible person shows in a situation, often required by law
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2.1
Paying close attention to avoid mistakes or harm
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3.8
The level of attention and caution a reasonable person shows in similar situations to avoid harm
Antonyms
How Careful
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase's meaning is directly and transparently derived from combining 'reasonable' (sensible, appropriate) with 'care' (caution or attention), yielding an appropriate level of caution — a meaning that B1 learners can infer from the parts. This compositional pattern is common across languages and only specialized legal nuances would require additional context, not prior knowledge of the constituent words.
Etymology
Reasonable care comes from the simple idea of doing what a sensible person would do: reasonable means 'sensible' and care means 'careful attention'. So in law it became a short way to say the level of care someone must show, in other words whether they were 'careful enough' in a situation.