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rechlessness

rechlessness is the obsolete spelling of recklessness.

Meaning of recklessness

Noun

recklessness (usually uncountable, plural recklessnesses)

  1. (usually) The state or quality of being reckless or heedless, of taking unnecessary risks.
    • His recklessness repeatedly put him in danger.

Origin of rechlessness

From rechless + -ness.

Questions about rechlessness

What is rechlessness the obsolete spelling of?
Rechlessness is the obsolete spelling of recklessness.

Words near rechlessness in the dictionary

  1. rechiseling
  2. rechiselled
  3. rechiselling
  4. rechisels
  5. rechlesse
  6. rechlessness
  7. rechlorinate
  8. rechlorinated
  9. rechlorinates
  10. rechlorinating
  11. rechlorination

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rechlessness (page history and authors); recklessness (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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