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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities;
- Example: "his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular"
- Example: "after that failure he lost his confidence"
- Example: "she spoke with authority"
[syn: assurance, self-assurance, confidence, self-confidence, authority, sureness]

2. the quality of being steady and unfailing;
- Example: "sureness of hand"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sureness \Sure"ness\, n.
   The state of being sure; certainty.
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         For more sureness he repeats it.         --Woodward.
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         The law holds with equal sureness for all right action.
                                                  --Emerson.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

sureness
    n 1: freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities;
         "his assurance in his superiority did not make him
         popular"; "after that failure he lost his confidence"; "she
         spoke with authority" [syn: assurance, self-assurance,
         confidence, self-confidence, authority, sureness]
    2: the quality of being steady and unfailing; "sureness of hand"