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Hastiness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Haste; speed; quickness or celerity in motion or action, as of animals.

2. Rashness; heedless eagerness; precipitation. Our hastiness to engage in the war caused deep regret.

Hastiness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The quality or state of being hasty; haste; precipitation; rashness; quickness of temper.