precipitance
11To make haste — Haste Haste (h[=a]st), n. [OE. hast; akin to D. haast, G., Dan., Sw., & OFries. hast, cf. OF. haste, F. h[^a]te (of German origin); all perh. fr. the root of E. hate in a earlier sense of, to pursue. See {Hate}.] 1. Celerity of motion; speed;… …
12abruptness — noun 1. an abrupt discourteous manner (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑brusqueness, ↑curtness, ↑gruffness, ↑shortness • Derivationally related forms: ↑short (for: ↑ …
13precipitancy — noun the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning • Syn: ↑abruptness, ↑precipitateness, ↑precipitousness, ↑precipitance, ↑suddenness • Derivationally related forms: ↑sudden (for …
14precipitateness — noun the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning • Syn: ↑abruptness, ↑precipitousness, ↑precipitance, ↑precipitancy, ↑suddenness • Derivationally related forms: ↑sudden (for: ↑ …
15precipitousness — noun 1. the property possessed by a slope that is very steep • Syn: ↑abruptness, ↑steepness • Ant: ↑gradualness (for: ↑abruptness) • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …
16suddenness — noun the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑abruptness, ↑precipitateness, ↑precipitousness, ↑precipitance, ↑precipitancy • Derivationally related forms: ↑sudden, ↑ …
17pre|cip|i|tan|cy — «prih SIHP uh tuhn see», noun, plural cies. = precipitance. (Cf. ↑precipitance) …
18precipitancy — /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] * * * …
19precipitancy — noun Suddenness; excessive haste. 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… …
20dispatch — I (act of putting to death) noun act of killing, act of slaying, assassination, bloodshed, death by violence, deathblow, destruction, disposal, doing away with, execution, extermination, homicide, killing, liquidation, massacre, murder II… …
