[syn: recklessness, foolhardiness, rashness]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Rashness \Rash"ness\, n.
The quality or state of being rash.
[1913 Webster]
We offend . . . by rashness, which is an affirming or
denying, before we have sufficiently informed
ourselves. --South.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Temerity; foolhardiness; precipitancy; precipitation;
hastiness; indiscretion; heedlessness; inconsideration;
carelessness. See Temerity.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
rashness
n 1: the trait of acting rashly and without prudence [syn:
heedlessness, mindlessness, rashness]
2: the trait of giving little thought to danger [syn:
recklessness, foolhardiness, rashness]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
24 Moby Thesaurus words for "rashness":
abruptness, alacrity, expeditiousness, feverishness, furiousness,
haste, hastiness, hurriedness, impatience, impetuosity,
impetuousness, impulsiveness, overhastiness, precipitance,
precipitancy, precipitateness, precipitation, precipitousness,
promptness, quickness, recklessness, speed, suddenness,
swiftness