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Caravan bounded to his feet with such precipitance that his chair fell over against the wall.

Caravan bounded to his feet with such precipitance that his chair rolled over against the chair.

That does not mean, and has nothing to do with, 'proud precipitance of soul,' nor haste in forming pregnant resolves.

The rudeness of fortune towards the King was forgotten in the precipitance of the council.

His fiery and enthusiastic soul leapt to its call; but with none of the headlong precipitance that would have been its ruin.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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