In-dif'fer-ence, n.
n. [Fr. indifférence, Sp. indiferencia, It. indifferenza, Lat. indifferentia.]
Sense 1. The quality of being indifferent, or not making or measuring a difference; absence of importance or purposed weight; insignificance.
Sense 2. Passableness; mediocrity; as, indifference of quality.
Sense 3. Impartiality; freedom from prejudice, prepossession, or bias; as when we read a book on controverted points with indifference.
He is, through such pride, far from such indifference and equity as ought and must be in the judges which he saith I assign. Sir T. More.
Sense 4. A state of the mind when it feels no anxiety or interest in what is presented to it; unconcernedness; as, entire indifference to all that occurs.
Indifference can not but be criminal, when it is conversant about objects which are so far from being of an indifferent nature, that they are of the highest importance. Addison.
Synonyms—Carelessness; negligence; unconcern; apathy; insensibility.