Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Certainty"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Certainty \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
certainty
n 1: the state of being certain: "his certainty reassured the
others" [ant: {doubt}]
2: something that is certain; "his victory is a certainty"
[syn: {sure thing}] [ant: {uncertainty}]
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