Dictionary entry

Certainty

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Cer″tain‐ty (?), n.; pl.Certainties (#). [OF. certaineté.] 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.