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English *noun*: certainty
1.	certainty (cognition) the state of being certain
		Samples	His certainty reassured the others.
		Broader (hypernym)	cognitive state, state of mind
		Narrower (hyponym)	assurance, authority, certitude, cocksureness, confidence, overconfidence, reliance, self-assurance, self-confidence, sureness, trust
		Attribute	certain, incertain, sure, uncertain, unsure
		Antonyms	doubt, doubtfulness, dubiety, dubiousness, incertitude, uncertainty

2.	certainty (attribute) something that is certain
		Samples	His victory is a certainty.
		Synonyms	foregone conclusion, sure thing
		Broader (hypernym)	quality
		Narrower (hyponym)	cert, indisputability, indubitability, ineluctability, inevitability, inevitableness, moral certainty, predictability, slam dunk, surety, unavoidability, unquestionability, unquestionableness
		Attribute	certain, uncertain
		Antonyms	uncertainness, uncertainty, precariousness

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