assuredness

English

Etymology

From assured +‎ -ness.

Noun

assuredness (uncountable)

1. The state or quality of being assured.

   Synonym: certainty

   Near-synonyms: assurance, guarantee

   • 2012 April 9, Mandeep Sanghera, “Tottenham 1 - 2 Norwich”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     A lack of assuredness in defence, with Spurs missing holding midfielder Scott Parker, also did not help the home side and Norwich took advantage to score the winner.

Derived terms

• self-assuredness

Anagrams

• underassess