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[syn: promptness, promptitude]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Promptitude \Prompt"i*tude\, n. [F., fr. L. promptitudo. See
Prompt, a.]
The quality of being prompt; quickness of decision and action
when occasion demands; alacrity; as, promptitude in
obedience.
[1913 Webster]
Men of action, of promptitude, and of courage. --I.
Taylor.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
promptitude
n 1: the characteristic of doing things without delay [syn:
promptness, promptitude]