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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
Example sentences :
  • 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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