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reckless
Legal Definition of reckless
Adjective
- Characterized by the creation of a substantial and unjustifiable risk to the safety, lives, or rights of others and by a conscious and sometimes wanton and willful disregard for or indifference to that risk that is a gross deviation from the standard of care a reasonable person would exercise in like circumstances.
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Definition of reckless
Etymology
Adjective
reckless (comparative more reckless, superlative most reckless)
- careless or heedless; headstrong or rash
- indifferent to danger or the consequences
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