| Main Entry: | surety |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pledge |
Synonyms: |
bail, guarantee, guaranty, security |
| Main Entry: | surety |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | guarantee |
Synonyms: |
assurance, bail, bondsman, certainty, confidence, corroboration, guarantor, guaranty, hostage, pledge, ratification, security, sponsor, substitute, sureness |
| Main Entry: | assurance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | confidence |
Synonyms: |
aggressiveness, aplomb, arrogance, assuredness, audacity, boldness, bravery, certainty, certitude, conviction, coolness, courage, effrontery, faith, firmness, impudence, nerve, poise, positiveness, presumption, security, self-confidence, self-reliance, sureness, surety, temerity, trust |
Antonyms: |
confusion, distrust, doubt, fear, hesitancy, misgiving, shyness, uncertainty |
| Main Entry: | bail |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | money for assurance |
Synonyms: |
bond, collateral, guarantee, pawn, pledge, recognizance, security, surety, warrant, warranty |
| Notes: | to bail is to remove water from a boat by filling a container and emptying it over the side; to bale is wrap or make into bundles |
| Main Entry: | certainty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | positive assurance |
Synonyms: |
all sewn up, authoritativeness, belief, certitude, cinch, confidence, conviction, credence, definiteness, dogmatism, faith, firmness, indubitableness, inevitability, lock*, lockup, open and shut case, positiveness, positivism, rain or shine, setup, shoo-in, staunchness, steadiness, stock, store, sure bet, sure thing, surefire, sureness, surety, trust, validity, wrap-up |
Antonyms: |
ambiguity, doubt, hesitation, questionableness, uncertainty |
| Main Entry: | certainty |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fact, resulting truth |
Synonyms: |
consequence, foregone conclusion, inevitable result, reality, sure thing, surety |
Antonyms: |
concept, idea, theory |
| Main Entry: | collateral |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | monetary deposit |
Synonyms: |
assurance, bond, endorsement, guarantee, pledge, promise, security, surety, warrant, wealth |
| Main Entry: | constancy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fixedness |
Synonyms: |
abidingness, adherence, allegiance, ardor, attachment, certainty, decision, dependability, determination, devotedness, devotion, doggedness, eagerness, earnestness, endurance, faith, fealty, fidelity, firmness, honesty, honor, integrity, love, loyalty, permanence, perseverance, principle, regularity, resolution, stability, staunchness, steadfastness, steadiness, surety, tenacity, trustiness, trustworthiness, truthfulness, unchangeableness, unfailingness, uniformity, zeal |
Antonyms: |
change, changeableness, fluctuation, inconstancy, instability, irregularity, unsteadiness |
| Main Entry: | conviction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | guilty sentence; assurance |
Synonyms: |
assuredness, certainty, certitude, condemnation, condemning, confidence, determining guilt, earnestness, fall, fervor, firmness, rap, reliance, sureness, surety, unfavorable verdict |
Antonyms: |
overturning |
| Main Entry: | faith |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trust in something |
Synonyms: |
acceptance, allegiance, assent, assurance, belief, certainty, certitude, confidence, constancy, conviction, credence, credit, credulity, dependence, faithfulness, fealty, fidelity, hope, loyalty, reliance, stock, store, sureness, surety, troth, truth, truthfulness |
Antonyms: |
disbelief, distrust, doubt, misgiving, skepticism, suspicion |