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View synonyms for rashness
rashness
[ rash-nis ]
noun
- the state or quality of acting or tending to act hastily or without due consideration:
It was an act of rashness and presumption.
Enthusiasm is welcome but rashness and smugness are undesirable.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of rashness1
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Example Sentences
If the journey is now distasteful to her, she has but her own rashness to blame in having sought it herself.
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They surround their plunderers, attack them without fear, and frequently make their lives pay the forfeit of their rashness.
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Mrs. Owen liked Marian's straightforward ways even when they approached rashness.
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He had known poor Sayers—a most distinguished soldier, but brave to rashness.
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In this manner he sought to infuriate Frank and lead him to some act of rashness.
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