Dictionary entry

Rashness

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Rash″ness, n. The quality or 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.