Noun
the state, condition, or quality of being certain; certainty; assurance.
Usage- Obsolete
- Uncountable
security; safety; freedom from danger.
Usage- Archaic
- Uncountable
- Examples
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Lightly she leaped, as a wight forlore, / From her dull horse, in desperate distresse, / And to her feet betooke her doubtfull sickernesse.
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Comprehending the world casual and transitory, Who list to consider shall never be beguiled, If it be regist'red well in memory; A plain example of worldly vainglory: How in this world there is no sickerness, But fallible flattery enmixed with bitterness.