Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The quality of being definite or defined in extent or signification; exactness; determinateness.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The state of being definite; determinateness; precision; certainty.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The state or quality of being definite.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the quality of being predictable with great confidence

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definite +‎ -ness

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