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• n  the trait of acting rashly and without prudence
• n  the trait of giving little thought to danger

• The first surprise of World War II was the German conquest of Poland in 27 daysexplained by the inferior Polish materiel and the rashness of the High Command and the German .
• The Gore camp claims to have been stunned by Harris' rashness in refusing all recounts and not maintaining a pose of impartiality.
• Waded into the muck trying to explain and defend his immigration record in Arkansas then had the courage (or rashness) to speak up for benefits for the children of illegal .

• heedlessness
• mindlessness
• recklessness
• foolhardiness

Quotes

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• Morris Iemma in The Australian
  Mr Iemma told The Australian he would seize on growing voter dissatisfaction with Mr Debnam - also confirmed in the latest Newspoll - and make the NSW Opposition Leader's "rashness and recklessness" the linchpins of his re-election campaign.
• Henry Kissinger in People's Daily Online
  A common Atlantic policy backed by moderate Arab states must become a top priority, no matter how pessimistic previous experience with such projects leaves one,Kissinger wrote. "The debate sparked by the Iraq war over American rashness vs....
• Miguel de Cervantes in Earthtimes (press release)
  A thought for the day: in "Don Quixote," Spanish novelist Miguel de Cervantes wrote, "Valor lies just half way between rashness and cowheartedness."