Recklessly definition

Recklessly means that a person acts or fails to act with respect to a material element of a public offense, when the person is aware of and consciously disregards a substantial and unjustifiable risk that the material element exists or will result from the act or omission. The risk must be of such a nature and degree that disregard of the risk constitutes a gross deviation from the standard conduct that a reasonable person would observe in the situation.
Recklessly means, with respect to a result or to a circumstance described by a statute defining an offense, that a person is aware of and consciously disregards a substantial and unjustifiable risk that the result will occur or that the circumstance exists. The risk must be of such nature and degree that disregard of such risk constitutes a gross deviation from the standard of conduct that a reasonable person would observe in the situation. A person who creates such a risk but who is unaware of such risk solely by reason of voluntary intoxication also acts recklessly with respect to such risk.
Recklessly means in conscious and clearly unjustifiable disregard of a substantial likelihood of the existence of the rele- vant facts or risks, the disregard involving a gross deviation from acceptable standards of conduct.

Examples of Recklessly in a sentence

  • Recklessly causes another person to suffer bodily injury or death.

  • Recklessly Endangering Mental HealthRecklessly endangering the mental health of a student includes those actions that subject a student to extreme mental stress, including, but not limited to, sleep deprivation, physical confinement, forced conduct which could result in extreme embarrassment, or any other extreme stress-inducing activity.

  • Recklessly or intentionally endangering the physical or mental health of others.

  • Liu & Mu, supra note 204, at 3; Yinhang “Xiezhu Zhixing Ban’an” Duo FangTuiwei; Lüshi Chuanzhe Jingfu Chumian Hengjia Ganshe [Bank in “Cooperating in the Execution of a Case” Avoids It in Various Ways; Lawyer Wearing Police Uniform Recklessly Interferes], SHANGHAI FAZHI BAO [SHANGHAI LEGAL SYSTEM NEWS], Nov.

  • Recklessly engaging in conduct that creates a substantial risk of physical injury or endangering other students, school personnel, or any other person lawfully on school property or attending a school function.


More Definitions of Recklessly

Recklessly means a knowing disregard of a substantial and unjustifiable risk that amounts to an “I do not care” attitude; it occurs when a person, with no intent to cause harm, performs an act so unreasonable and so dangerous that he or she knows that, or consciously disregards whether, harm will probably result;
Recklessly means that a person with responsibility for a child foresaw a risk that an act or omission regarding that child would be likely to result in significant harm, but nonetheless unreasonably took that risk;
Recklessly and “physical injury”, contained in the definition of assault, set forth in Section 29(2)(a) of the collective bargaining agreement, shall have the definitions given to them in the New York State Penal Code.
Recklessly means a person who consciously disregards a substantial and unjustifiable risk that circumstances exist or that a result will follow, and such disregard constitutes a gross deviation from the standard of care which a reasonable person would exercise in the situation.
Recklessly means that the defendant was aware of and consciously disregarded a substantial and unjustifiable risk that Devin Frost’s death would result from [his/her] conduct. The State must demonstrate that the risk was of such a nature and degree that the defendant’s disregard of it was a gross deviation from the standard of conduct that a reasonable person would observe under the same circumstances.
Recklessly means to consciously engage in an act without regard or thought to the consequences.
Recklessly means engaging in the conduct in conscious and