Rashness; heedlessness; wanton conduct The state of mind accompanying an act, which either pays no regard to its probably or possibly injurious consequences, or which, though foreseeing such consequences, persists in spite of such knowledge. See Railroad Co. v. Bodemer, 139 III. 596, 29 N. E. 692, 82 Am. St. Rep. 218; Com. v. Pierce, 138 Mass. 165, 52 Am. Rep. 264; Railway Co. v. Whipple, 39 Kan. 531, 18 Pac 730; Eddy v. Powell, 49 Fed. 617, 1 a a A. 448; Harrison v. State, 87 Ala. 156.