Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sureness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sureness \Sure"ness\, n.
The state of being sure; certainty.
For more sureness he repeats it. --Woodward.
The law holds with equal sureness for all right action.
--Emerson.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sureness
n 1: freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities;
"his assurance in his superiority did not make him
popular"; "after that failure he lost his confidence";
"she spoke with authority" [syn: {assurance}, {self-assurance},
{confidence}, {self-confidence}, {authority}]
2: the quality of being steady and unfailing; "sureness of
hand"
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