precipitance

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The spiritual mission, therefore, the purpose for which only the religious teacher was sent, has now perished altogether—overlaid and confounded by the merely scientific wranglings to which his own inconsiderate precipitance has opened the door.

From Note Book of an English Opium-Eater by De Quincey, Thomas

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

Perhaps miscarriage of that initiatory experiment was due to precipitance, incubation of my perverse instinct being not yet complete.

From Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 Sexual Inversion by Ellis, Havelock

She herself would have turned and fled, but for the singularity of such precipitance.

From The Creators A Comedy by Sinclair, May

The old man trusts wholly to slow contrivance and gradual progression: the youth expects to force his way by genius, vigour, and precipitance.

From Dr. Johnson's Works: Life, Poems, and Tales, Volume 1 The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll.D., in Nine Volumes by Johnson, Samuel