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Definitions for Recklessness
reck·less·ness

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. recklessness, foolhardiness, rashnessnoun

    the trait of giving little thought to danger

Wiktionary

  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.

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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. Hartford Mayor Pedro Segarra:

    I am extremely upset given the number of people that were at this event, mixed ages, for the level of recklessness and violence that occurred here.

  2. 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.

  3. Attorney Jay Kanzler:

    The entire story is preposterous and laughable, (The filmmaker) owes an apology to the store owner, the community of Ferguson, and the police officers who put their lives on the line because of his recklessness.

  4. 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.

  5. Patrick Jackson:

    The extent of recklessness in this case is breathtaking. It is sheer luck that no one, including( Edgar Maddison Welch), was killed.

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