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rashness

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Rashness  \Rash"ness\,  n. 
  The  quality  of  state  of  being  rash. 
 
  We  offend  .  .  .  by  rashness,  which  is  an  affirming  or 
  denying,  before  we  have  sufficiently  informed 
  ourselves  --South. 
 
  Syn:  Temerity;  foolhardiness;  precipitancy;  precipitation; 
  hastiness;  indiscretion;  heedlessness;  inconsideration; 
  carelessness.  {See  Temerity}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  rashness 
  n  1:  the  trait  of  acting  rashly  and  without  prudence  [syn:  {heedlessness}, 
  {mindlessness}] 
  2:  the  trait  of  giving  little  thought  to  danger  [syn:  {recklessness}, 
  {foolhardiness}]




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