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Synonyms for rashness
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : rash |
Phonetic Transcription : ræʃ |
Définition of rashness
Origin :- late 14c., "nimble, quick, vigorous" (early 14c. as a surname), a Scottish and northern word, perhaps from Old English -ræsc (cf. ligræsc "flash of lightning") or one of its Germanic cognates, from Proto-Germanic *raskuz (cf. Middle Low German rasch, Middle Dutch rasc "quick, swift," German rasch "quick, fast"). Related to Old English horsc "quick-witted." Sense of "reckless, impetuous, heedless of consequences" is attested from c.1500. Related: Rashly; rashness.
- noun recklessness
- The rashness of such a requirement and statement can escape no one.
- Extract from : « A Theological-Political Treatise [Part III] » by Benedict of Spinoza
- Let not the penance for a rashness, to which fate urges me on, attach to my country, but to me.
- Extract from : « Leila, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- You shall not threaten me into a rashness that my heart condemns!
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- The good spirit of our life has no heaven which is the price of rashness.
- Extract from : « Essays, First Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson
- When you have achieved their comfort, you are at liberty to plunge into any rashness you choose.
- Extract from : « The Night Riders » by Ridgwell Cullum
- Exasperated by these circumstances, Sir Robert was betrayed into an act of rashness.
- Extract from : « The Snare » by Rafael Sabatini
- And yet there was a moment when jealousy urged me almost headlong to that rashness.
- Extract from : « The Shame of Motley » by Raphael Sabatini
- "With a rashness that was eminently justifiable," I interrupted her.
- Extract from : « The Shame of Motley » by Raphael Sabatini
- I had it in my mind to blame you once for your rashness in returning alone.
- Extract from : « St. Martin's Summer » by Rafael Sabatini
- They disapproved of the rashness of the new recruit to their body.
- Extract from : « Scaramouche » by Rafael Sabatini
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