SURENESS

sureness

(noun) the quality of being steady and unfailing; “sureness of hand”

assurance, self-assurance, confidence, self-confidence, authority, sureness

(noun) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

sureness (countable and uncountable, plural surenesses)

(uncountable) The property of being sure, certainty.

(uncountable) The property of being sure, deft, confident of ability.

(countable, rare) The result or product of being sure.

Source: Wiktionary

Sure"ness, n.

Definition: The state of being sure; certainty. For more sureness he repeats it. Woodward. The law holds with equal sureness for all right action. Emerson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition