PRECIP'TANCY, noun [from precipitant.] Headlong hurry; rash haste; haste in resolving, forming an opinion or executing a purpose without due deliberation. Hurried on by the precipitance of youth. Rashness and precipitance of judgment. 1. Hurry; great haste in going.
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