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  1. ignore

    transitive verb

    1. To refuse to pay attention to; disregard.
    2. To be ignorant of or not acquainted with.
    3. To throw out or reject as false or ungrounded; -- said of a bill rejected by a grand jury for lack of evidence. See Ignoramus.

    transitive verb

    1. To refuse to pay attention to; disregard.
    2. To be ignorant of or not acquainted with.
    3. To throw out or reject as false or ungrounded; -- said of a bill rejected by a grand jury for lack of evidence. See Ignoramus.
    4. Hence: To refuse to take notice of; to shut the eyes to; not to recognize; to disregard willfully and causelessly.
      "to ignore certain facts; to ignore the presence of an objectionable person."

    verb

    1. To deliberately pay no attention to.
    2. Fail to notice.
    3. Bar from attention or consideration.
    4. Refuse to acknowledge.
    The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition • More at Wordnik
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    ignore something to pay no attention to something synonym disregard. He ignored the 30 mph speed limit sign and accelerated down the road. I made a suggestion but they chose to ignore it. We cannot afford to ignore their advice. to ignore a warning/a problem/an issue ; She deliberately ignored my question and changed the subject.
  3. The earliest known use of the verb ignore is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for ignore is from around 1475, in Chartier's Quadrilogue. ignore is a borrowing from French. Etymons: French ignorer. See etymology. Nearby entries.
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  1. Ignorance

    Ignorance is a lack of knowledge or understanding. Deliberate ignorance is a culturally-induced phenomenon, the study of which is called agnotology. The word "ignorant" is an adjective that describes a person in the state of being unaware, or even cognitive dissonance and other cognitive relation, and can describe individuals who are unaware of important information or facts. Ignorance can appear in three different types: factual ignorance, object ignorance, and technical ignorance. Wikipedia

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