Definitions for recklessness
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. recklessness, foolhardiness, rashnessnoun

   the trait of giving little thought to danger

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1. recklessnessnoun

   The state or quality of being reckless or heedless, of taking unnecessary risks.

   His recklessness repeatedly put him in danger.

2. Etymology: From reklesnes, from receleasnes, equivalent to.

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1. recklessness

   Recklessness refers to the act of being careless or indifferent to the potential outcome or consequences of one’s actions, often with disregard to safety, caution, or potential harm or damage to oneself or others. It suggests a lack of concern for the risk involved in the behavior or action.

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1. Recklessness

   In criminal law, recklessness is one of the four possible classes of mental state constituting mens rea. To commit an offence of ordinary as opposed to strict liability, the prosecution must be able to prove both a mens rea and an actus reus, i.e., a person cannot be guilty of the offence for their actions alone. There must also be an appropriate intention, knowledge, recklessness, or criminal negligence at the relevant time. Recklessness may constitute an offense against property or involve significant danger to another person. The precise definition of recklessness has been contested and has evolved. It generally involves a person pursuing a course of action while consciously disregarding the fact that the action gives rise to a substantial and unjustifiable risk.

Matched Categories

1. • Unthoughtfulness

How to pronounce recklessness?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of recklessness in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of recklessness in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of recklessness in a Sentence

1. Bernie Sanders:

   Do I consider myself part of the casino capitalist process by which so few have so much and so many have so little, by which Wall Street’s greed and recklessness wrecked this economy? No, I don’t.

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. Nathan Seastrand:

   Dude, like a lot of people have talent, but they do n’t have the balls or the recklessness or the stupidity.

4. Clifford Villanueva Villalon:

   Being brave is good. Recklessness sometimes occur when you dare too much. A wise person doesn't have to be brave all the time.

5. William Barr:

   Because frankly, I think it's highly improbable, and second, if in fact he sort of stood over scores of boxes, not really knowing what was in them and said' I hereby declassify everything in here,' that would be such an abuse and that shows such recklessness, it's almost worse than taking the documents.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=recklessness
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Recklessness
3. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=recklessness