Definitions for: Certainty


[n] something that is certain; "his victory is a certainty"
[n] the state of being certain; "his certainty reassured the others"



Webster (1913) Definition: Cer"tain*ty, n.; pl. Certainties. [OF.
certainet['e].]
1. The quality, state, or condition, of being certain.

The certainty of punishment is the truest security
against crimes. --Fisher Ames.

2. A fact or truth unquestionable established.

Certainties are uninteresting and sating. --Landor.

3. (Law) Clearness; freedom from ambiguity; lucidity.

Of a certainty, certainly.

Synonyms: sure thing

Antonyms: doubt, doubtfulness, dubiety, dubiousness, incertitude, uncertainness, uncertainty, uncertainty

See Also: assurance, authority, cert, certitude, cocksureness, cognitive state, confidence, indisputability, indubitability, inevitability, inevitableness, overconfidence, predictability, quality, reliance, self-assurance, self-confidence, state of mind, sureness, surety, trust, unquestionability, unquestionableness

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