Turn your back on gentle waves circling about (7)
I believe the answer is:
neglect
'turn your back' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'gentle waves circling about' is the wordplay.
'waves' is an anagram indicator.
'circling' is an insertion indicator (circling can mean going around or containing).
'about' becomes 'c' (abbreviation for circa).
'gentle' with letters rearranged gives 'neglet'.
'neglet' placed around 'c' is 'NEGLECT'.
'on' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for neglect that I've seen before include "Lack of proper care" , "Heedlessness" , "forget" , "Fail to give attention to" , "Fail to pay due attention to (7)" .)