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certitude

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cer·ti·tude  (sûrt-td, -tyd)
n.
1. The state of being certain; complete assurance; confidence.
2. Sureness of occurrence or result; inevitability.
3. Something that is assured or unfailing: "eager to swap the hazards of American freedom for the gray certitudes of Soviet life" (Time). See Synonyms at certainty.
[Middle English, from Late Latin certitd, from Latin certus, certain; see certain.]
certitude
Noun
Formal confidence or certainty
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.certitude - total certainty or greater certainty than circumstances warrant
cocksureness, overconfidence
certainty - the state of being certain; "his certainty reassured the others"


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Their coming could have been predicted with the same certitude that astronomers to-day predict the outcome of the movements of stars.
The Iron Heel by London, Jack View in context
Some have felt that these blundering lives are due to the inconvenient indefiniteness with which the Supreme Power has fashioned the natures of women: if there were one level of feminine incompetence as strict as the ability to count three and no more, the social lot of women might be treated with scientific certitude.
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There were four of these steps, and she went up them, a step at a time, slowly, unwaveringly, and with so dogged certitude that it never entered my mind that her strength could fail her and let that hundred-weight sack fall from the lean and withered frame that wellnigh doubled under it.
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