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English Dictionary: rashness by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
rashness
n
  1. the trait of acting rashly and without prudence [syn: heedlessness, mindlessness, rashness]
  2. the trait of giving little thought to danger
    Synonym(s): recklessness, foolhardiness, rashness
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}.
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