Haste

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1. Noun

Celerity of motion; speed; swiftness; dispatch; expedition; -- applied only to voluntary beings, as men and other animals.

2. Noun

The state of being urged or pressed by business; hurry; urgency; sudden excitement of feeling or passion; precipitance; vehemence.

3. Noun

To hasten; to hurry.

4. Noun

overly eager speed (and possible carelessness); "he soon regretted his haste"
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