certitude
noun
freedom from doubt, especially in matters of faith or opinion; certainty.
uncertitude
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a word derived from
certitude.
Example Sentences
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"Is it the part of manhood to persecute a woman, Mr. Law?" she asked, her own uncertitude now showing in her tone.
From The Mississippi Bubble by Emerson Hough
If disagreements terminating in strikes and lock-outs remained as numerous as they are at present, there would result both for the producer and consumer a condition of perilous and perhaps intolerable uncertitude.
From The Promise of American Life by Herbert David Croly
At times she poised with sickening uncertitude on the crest of a greater wave, then steadied, and leapt with the breaking water to the smoother hollow.
From The Brassbounder A Tale of the Sea by David W. Bone
It must ever be recollected that these various phenomena of mind, though signs, are not infallible signs of uncertitude; they may proceed, in the particular case, from other circumstances.
From An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent by John Henry Newman
