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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [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. Watts.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
precipitancy
noun: the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning [syn: {abruptness}, {precipitateness}, {precipitance}, {suddenness}]
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