precipitance

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

From Kościuszko A Biography by Gardner, Monica M. (Monica Mary)

A butchery, that was in a numerical sense so vast, cannot be supposed to have escaped its author in a hurry, or to be open to any of the usual palliations from precipitance or inattention.

From Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 2 by De Quincey, Thomas

This was a precipitance for which I was every way unprepared, as I had never made but one copy of the play, and had intended divers corrections and alterations.

From The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 3 by Burney, Fanny

The haste and the joy went hand in hand, and I was soon equipped, though shocked at my own precipitance in sending before I was already visible.

From The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay — Volume 3 by Burney, Fanny

"See, then, O King," continued the Wazir "what cometh of precipitance; verily, it is unpraiseworthy and bequeatheth repentance; and in this I give thee true advice and loyal counsel."

From The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 06 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir