Excess
Excess noun - The state or an instance of going beyond what is usual, proper, or needed.
Recklessness and excess are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Recklessness" instead a noun "Excess".
Nearby Words: excessive, excessively
Recklessness
Recklessness noun - The trait of giving little thought to danger.
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Synonyms for Recklessness
Excess and recklessness are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Excess" instead a noun "Recklessness".
Nearby Words: reckless, recklessly
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- exaggeration and excess
- exaggeration and recklessness
- extravagance and excess
- extravagance and recklessness
- lavishness and excess
- lavishness and recklessness
- wantonness and excess
- wantonness and recklessness
- prodigality and excess
- prodigality and recklessness
- profligacy and excess
- profligacy and recklessness
- waste and excess
- waste and recklessness
Both words in one sentence
- After uploading a new Extremis app that transforms people into their ideal sense of "supermodel" beauty, the whole city engaged in acts of drunkenness, recklessness, and sexual excess.
Source: Attractiveness Discrimination
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