certainty

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   something that is certain

   Our victory is a certainty.

2. 2
   noun

   the state of being certain

   My certainty reassured the others.

3. 3
   noun

   The state of being certain.

   with certainty

4. 4
   noun

   A fact or truth unquestionably established.

   Certainties are uninteresting and sating.

5. 5
   noun

   An instance of being certain.

Etymology

From Middle English certeynte (“surety”), from Anglo-Norman certeinte, from Old French certeinete, from Vulgar Latin *certānitās, from Latin certus.