Synonyms for recklessness
reck·less·ness

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1. recklessness

   Rashness applies to the actual rushing into danger without counting the cost; temerity denotes the needless exposure of oneself to peril which is or might be clearly seen to be such. Rashness is used chiefly of bodily acts, temerity often of mental or social matters; there may be a noble rashness, but temerity is always used in a bad sense. We say it is amazing that one should have had the temerity to make a statement which could be readily proved a falsehood, or to make an unworthy proposal to one sure to resent it; in such use temerity is often closely allied to hardihood, audacity, or presumption. Venturesomeness dallies on the edge of danger and experiments with it; foolhardiness rushes in for want of sense, heedlessness for want of attention, rashness for want of reflection, recklessness from disregard of consequences. Audacity, in the sense here considered, denotes a dashing and somewhat reckless courage, in defiance of conventionalities, or of other men's opinions, or of what would be deemed probable consequences; as, the audacity of a successful financier. Compare EFFRONTERY.

   Synonyms:
   audacity, foolhardiness, hardihood, hastiness, heedlessness, over-confidence, precipitancy, precipitation, presumption, rashness, temerity, venturesomeness

   Antonyms:
   care, caution, circumspection, cowardice, hesitation, timidity, wariness

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. recklessness, foolhardiness, rashnessnoun

   the trait of giving little thought to danger

   Synonyms:
   rashness, recklessness, heedlessness, mindlessness, foolhardiness

Matched Categories

1. • Unthoughtfulness

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1. List of paraphrases for "recklessness":

   imprudence, unconsciousness, carelessness, temerity, indiscretion, indifference, irresponsibility

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How to use recklessness in a sentence?

1. The Crown:

   Someone who has a penchant for recklessness, for escalatory foreign policies, to retain the capability to enrich, I believe would be an incredibly dangerous precedent to set.

2. Mohamed Lotfy:

   There is some recklessness in how they deal with these cases, they think that in the worst case it will go to appeal anyway, so they give defendants the harshest possible sentence knowing that later a retrial can be ordered.

3. Patrick Jackson:

   The extent of recklessness in this case is breathtaking. It is sheer luck that no one, including( Edgar Maddison Welch), was killed.

4. Jillian Lauren:

   Prince Jefri's crazy, and decadent, at that time, it was attractive to me, Prince Jefri confidence and Prince Jefri charisma and Prince Jefri recklessness.

5. Attorney Jay Kanzler:

   The entire story is preposterous and laughable, (The filmmaker) owes an apology to the store owner, the community of Ferguson, and the police officers who put their lives on the line because of his recklessness.