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Certainty

The quality, state, or condition, of being certain.

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Assurance 76% connected

The act of assuring; a declaration tending to inspire full confidence; that which is designed to give confidence.

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Authority 76% connected

Legal or rightful power; a right to command or to act; power exercised buy a person in virtue of his office or trust; dominion; jurisdiction; authori…

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Certitude 76% connected

Freedom from doubt; assurance; certainty.

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Confidence 76% connected

The act of confiding, trusting, or putting faith in; trust; reliance; belief; -- formerly followed by of, now commonly by in.

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Inevitability 76% connected

Impossibility to be avoided or shunned; inevitableness.

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Inevitableness 76% connected

The state of being unavoidable; certainty to happen.

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Overconfidence 76% connected

Excessive confidence; too great reliance or trust.

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Reliance 76% connected

The act of relying, or the condition or quality of being reliant; dependence; confidence; trust; repose of mind upon what is deemed sufficient suppor…

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Self-confidence 76% connected

The quality or state of being self-confident; self-reliance.

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Sureness 76% connected

The state of being sure; certainty.

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Surety 76% connected

The state of being sure; certainty; security.

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Trust 76% connected

Assured resting of the mind on the integrity, veracity, justice, friendship, or other sound principle, of another person; confidence; reliance; relia…

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Quality 76% connected

The condition of being of such and such a sort as distinguished from others; nature or character relatively considered, as of goods; character; sort;…

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Certain 66% connected

Assured in mind; having no doubts; free from suspicions concerning.

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Certain 66% connected

Assured in mind; having no doubts; free from suspicions concerning.

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Incertain 66% connected

Uncertain; doubtful; unsteady.

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Incertain 66% connected

Uncertain; doubtful; unsteady.

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Sure 66% connected

Certainly knowing and believing; confident beyond doubt; implicity trusting; unquestioning; positive.

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Sure 66% connected

Certainly knowing and believing; confident beyond doubt; implicity trusting; unquestioning; positive.

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Uncertain 66% connected

Not certain; not having certain knowledge; not assured in mind; distrustful.

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Uncertain 66% connected

Not certain; not having certain knowledge; not assured in mind; distrustful.

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