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English Dictionary: precipitance by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
precipitance
n
  1. the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning
    Synonym(s): abruptness, precipitateness, precipitousness, precipitance, precipitancy, suddenness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Precipitance \Pre*cip"i*tance\, Precipitancy \Pre*cip"i*tan*cy\,
      n. [From {Precipitant}.]
      The quality or state of being precipitant, or precipitate;
      headlong hurry; excessive or rash haste in resolving, forming
      an opinion, or executing a purpose; precipitation; as, the
      precipitancy of youth. [bd]Precipitance of judgment.[b8] --I.
      Watts.
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