precipitance

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Bohun I suspect suffered, too, from that sudden sharp precipitance into a world that knew not Discipline and recked nothing of the Granta.

From The Secret City by Walpole, Hugh, Sir

He couldn't get over it, he said, their dropping in on him like this, with a divine precipitance, out of their blue.

From The Creators A Comedy by Sinclair, May

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

From The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3) 1809-1859 by Morley, John

For, as they seldom comprehend at once all the consequences of a position, or perceive the difficulties by which cooler and more experienced reasoners are restrained from confidence, they form their conclusions with great precipitance.

From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 03 The Rambler, Volume II by Johnson, Samuel

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