non-support
Failure to provide
Non-support is the failure to provide financial assistance that one is legally obligated to give, typically referring to a parent's failure to pay court-ordered child support.
It appears most often in legal contexts where such failure may constitute a criminal offense or grounds for civil action.
He was charged with non-support after missing six months of payments.
Act of leaving permanently
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- withholdingKeeping from another
- indifferenceLack of interest
- disregardWillful lack of attention
inattention · negligence · desertion · forsaking · detachment · apathy · unconcern · coldness
Low temperature state
- rejectionDenial of acceptance
- alienationState of being isolated
- isolationComplete separation from others
- lonelinessState of lacking companions
abandonment · indifference · detachment · dismissiveness · unavailability · neglect · invalidation · stonewalling
Eliminating allocated money
- cutoffPoint of termination
- divestmentDisposal of assets
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- cessationA full stopping
termination · discontinuation · suspension · freeze · reduction · shortfall · underfunding · deprivation
Tendency toward unpredictable change
- weaknessDeficiency in force
- collapseSudden structural failure
- failureLack of success
- inadequacyState of being insufficient
insufficiency · fragility · vulnerability · unsoundness · shakiness · flimsiness · precariousness · unsteadiness
Capacity to withstand force
- objectionExpression of disapproval
- disapprovalUnfavorable opinion expressed
- rejectionDenial of acceptance
- refusalAct of declining
denial · dissent · antagonism · hostility · defiance · opposition · noncompliance · blocking
abandonment
Act of leaving permanently
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- withholdingKeeping from another
- indifferenceLack of interest
disregard · inattention · negligence · desertion · forsaking · detachment · apathy · unconcern · coldness · distancing
coldness
Low temperature state
- rejectionDenial of acceptance
- alienationState of being isolated
- isolationComplete separation from others
loneliness · abandonment · indifference · detachment · dismissiveness · unavailability · neglect · invalidation · stonewalling · withdrawal
defunding
Eliminating allocated money
- cutoffPoint of termination
- divestmentDisposal of assets
- withdrawalAct of taking away
cessation · termination · discontinuation · suspension · freeze · reduction · shortfall · underfunding · deprivation · starvation
instability
Tendency toward unpredictable change
inadequacy · insufficiency · fragility · vulnerability · unsoundness · shakiness · flimsiness · precariousness · unsteadiness · wobbliness
resistance
Capacity to withstand force
- objectionExpression of disapproval
- disapprovalUnfavorable opinion expressed
- rejectionDenial of acceptance
refusal · denial · dissent · antagonism · hostility · defiance · opposition · noncompliance · blocking · obstruction
- divorce groundsadultery, cruelty, desertion, abandonment, infidelity
- neglect crimeschild neglect, neglect, nonfeasance, failure to act, dereliction of duty
non-supportsupport
To uphold or sustain
assistance · aid · help · backing · sustenance
non-supportnurturing
Supportive care-giving
care · encouragement · emotional support · compassion · empathy
non-supportsupport
To uphold or sustain
reinforcement · buttressing · bracing · underpinning · structural support
support, supporter, supported, supporting, supportive, unsupported, unsupportive