leap of faith

noun

Roget 863: rashness etc. adj.; temerity, want of caution, imprudence, indiscretion; overconfidence, presumption, audacity.    precipitancy, precipitation; impetuosity; levity; foolhardihood^†, foolhardiness; heedlessness, thoughtlessness etc. (inattention) 458; carelessness etc. (neglect) 460; desperation; Quixotism, knight-errantry; fire eating.    gaming, gambling; blind bargain, leap in the dark, leap of faith, fool's paradise; too many eggs in one basket.    desperado, rashling^†, madcap, daredevil, Hotspur, fire eater, bully, bravo, Hector, scapegrace, enfant perdu [Fr.]; Don Quixote, knight-errant, Icarus; adventurer; gambler, gamester; dynamitard^†; boomer [U.S.].    ... show more

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