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surety
surety
noun
Definition of SURETY
1
a formal agreement to fulfill an obligation <gave his surety that he would pay back the loan if his sister was unable to for any reason>
2
a person who takes the responsibility for some other person or thing <a mutual friend agreed to act as surety if I lent my cousin some money, since I wasn't certain that she'd be able to pay it back>
Related Words chaperone (or chaperon); advocate, champion, supporter; angel, benefactor, underwriter; coach, mentor, teacher; cosponsor; cosignatory, cosigner
3
a state of mind in which one is free from doubt <I can't tell you the year in which that event happened with any great surety>
Synonyms assurance, assuredness, certainty, certitude, cocksureness, conviction, doubtlessness, face, positiveness, satisfaction, sureness, surety
Related Words authoritarianism, dogmatism; decisiveness, determination, firmness, purposefulness, resoluteness, resolution, resolve
Near Antonyms hesitancy, hesitation, indecisiveness, irresolution; disbelief, incredulity, unbelief; anxiety, concern, misgiving; distrust, mistrust, suspicion
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