Meaning of laches | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Negligence in one's duty.
2. A surname.
3. An unreasonable delay in bringing a claim alleging a wrong, which means the person who waited shall not be permitted to seek an equitable remedy because the delay prejudiced the moving party.

Equivalents

Examples

“But there was a quality in Mary that did not lightly invite to gallantry—a gravity and a balance that, had he looked closely into the matter, might have explained his laches.”

“It ill became him to take advantage of such a laches with the eagerness of a shrewd attorney.”

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