slight

The privileges they had abused, the work they had slighted, was entrusted to others.
Les prérogatives dont il avait abusé et l'oeuvre qu'il avait négligée furent confiées à d'autres.
Those who listened to His words knew that they had slighted the invitation of mercy.
Ceux qui écoutaient ses paroles éprouvaient le sentiment d'avoir négligé les appels de la miséricorde.
He showed that the invitation which they had slighted was to be sent to those whom they despised, those from whom they had drawn away their garments as if they were lepers to be shunned.
Cette invitation qu'ils avaient dédaignée serait adressée à ceux qu'ils méprisaient et dont ils évitaient le contact, comme s'ils étaient lépreux.
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