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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Promptitude

· Prompt·i·tude · IPA
01 n. The quality of being prompt; quickness of decision and action when occasion demands; alacrity; as, promptitude in obedience.
  1. 1.
    The quality of being prompt; quickness of decision and action when occasion demands; alacrity; as, promptitude in obedience.
    “Men of action, of promptitude, and of courage.” I. Taylor.