Hypertext Webster Gateway: "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}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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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