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. Men of action, of promptitude, and of courage. --I. Taylor.
promptitude n : the characteristic of doing things without delay [syn: {promptness}]