Precipitance

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Precipitance \Pre*cip"i*tance\, Precipitancy \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.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  precipitance
       n : the quality of happening with headlong haste or without
           warning [syn: {abruptness}, {precipitateness}, {precipitancy},
            {suddenness}]