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Webster 1828 Edition


Recklessness

RECK'LESSNESS

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Noun.
Heedlessness; carelessness; negligence.
[These words, formerly disused, have been recently revived.]

Definition 2024


recklessness

recklessness

English

Alternative forms

  • rechlessness, retchlessness (obsolete)

Noun

recklessness (usually uncountable, plural recklessnesses)

  1. The state or quality of being reckless or heedless, of taking unnecessary risks.
    His recklessness repeatedly put him in danger.

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