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.
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