Certainties

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Certainty \Cer"tain*ty\, n.; pl. {Certainties}. [OF.
     certainet['e].]
     1. The quality, state, or condition, of being certain.
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              The certainty of punishment is the truest security


              against crimes. --Fisher Ames.
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     2. A fact or truth unquestionable established.
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              Certainties are uninteresting and sating. --Landor.
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     3. (Law) Clearness; freedom from ambiguity; lucidity.
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     {Of a certainty}, certainly.
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