Pre*cip"i*tance (?), Pre*cip"i*tan*cy (?), n. [From Precipitant.]

The quality or state of being precipitant, or precipitate; headlong hurry; excessive or rash haste in resolving, forming an opinion, or executing a purpose; precipitation; as, the precipitancy of youth.

"Precipitance of judgment."

I. Watts.

 

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