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Turn your back on gentle waves circling about (7)

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neglect

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'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.

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(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)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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