Though this involuntary falsehood may frequently be no mark of any want of veracity, of any want of the most perfect love of truth, it is always in some degree a mark of want of judgment, of want of memory, of improper credulity, of some degree of precipitancy and rashness.
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precipitancy — index dispatch (promptness), haste, inconsideration Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
precipitancy — [prē sip′i tən sē, prisip′i tən sē] n. pl. precipitancies a being precipitate; great haste; rashness: also precipitance … English World dictionary
Precipitancy — Precipitance Pre*cip i*tance, Precipitancy Pre*cip i*tan*cy, n. [From {Precipitant}.] The quality or state of being precipitant, or precipitate; headlong hurry; excessive or rash haste in resolving, forming an opinion, or executing a purpose;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
precipitancy — noun Date: 1540 undue hastiness or suddenness … New Collegiate Dictionary
precipitancy — /pri sip i teuhn see/, n., pl. precipitancies. 1. the quality or state of being precipitant. 2. headlong or rash haste. 3. precipitancies, hasty or rash acts. Also, precipitance. [1610 20; PRECIPIT(ANT) + ANCY] * * * … Universalium
precipitancy — (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun Careless headlong action: haste, hastiness, hurriedness, precipitance, precipitateness, precipitation, rashness, rush. See CAREFUL … English dictionary for students
precipitancy — prɪ sɪpɪtÉ™nsɪ n. hurry, rush, hasty action, reckless act; headlong fall, rapid downward fall … English contemporary dictionary
precipitancy — noun rashness or suddenness of action … English new terms dictionary
precipitancy — n. See precipitance … New dictionary of synonyms
precipitancy — n 1. swiftness, fleetness, speed, quickness; dispatch, rapidity, hurriedness, expedition, expeditiousness; velocity, acceleration, celerity; instan taneousness, immediateness, urgency, promptness, promptitude; briskness, abruptness, smartness,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
