Synonyms for certitude


Grammar : Noun
Spell : sur-ti-tood, -tyood
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɜr tɪˌtud, -ˌtyud


Définition of certitude

Origin :
  • early 15c., from Middle French certitude "certainty" (16c.), from Late Latin certitudinem (nominative certitudo) "that which is certain," from Latin certus "sure, certain" (see certain).
  • noun sureness
Example sentences :
  • Since then his slenderness has developed into plumpness and his hope into certitude.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • I had had the presentiment of this, but the certitude of it now caused me intense grief.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • Our main hope lies just in the certitude that he must come to town sooner or later.
  • Extract from : « Within the Tides » by Joseph Conrad
  • This certitude would have made her put up with worse torments.
  • Extract from : « Chance » by Joseph Conrad
  • I had the certitude that this mother, refused in her heart to give her son up after all.
  • Extract from : « Under Western Eyes » by Joseph Conrad
  • All—but the certitude immaterial and precious—the certitude of love and faith.
  • Extract from : « Tales of Unrest » by Joseph Conrad
  • And it was I myself, perhaps, who could not face the certitude of his downfall.
  • Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
  • He opened his arms with the certitude of clasping her to his breast in another second.
  • Extract from : « Almayer's Folly » by Joseph Conrad
  • There had been a certitude that the battle would join about these fords.
  • Extract from : « The Long Roll » by Mary Johnston
  • On the spot there came to me the added shock of a certitude that it was not for me he had come there.
  • Extract from : « The Turn of the Screw » by Henry James

Antonyms for certitude

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