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The state or quality of being i Of every species of incredulity, religious unbelief is the most irrational. Buckminster.

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  • ASSENTATORY
    Flattering; obsequious. -- As*sent"a*to*ri*ly, adv.
  • ASSENTER
    One who assents.
  • DOUBTFULLY
    In a doubtful manner. Nor did the goddess doubtfully declare. Dryden.
  • DECIDER
    One who decides.
  • DECIDEMENT
    Means of forming a decision. Beau. & Fl.
  • UNBELIEF
    1. The withholding of belief; doubt; incredulity; skepticism. 2. Disbelief; especially, disbelief of divine revelation, or in a divine providence or scheme of redemption. Blind unbelief is sure to err, And scan his work in vain. Cowper. Syn. --
  • RESOLVENT
    Having power to resolve; causing solution; solvent.
  • ASSENTMENT
    Assent; agreement.
  • DOUBT
    duten, douten, OF. duter, doter, douter, F. douter, fr. L. dubitare; 1. To waver in opinion or judgment; to be in uncertainty as to belief respecting anything; to hesitate in belief; to be undecided as to the truth of the negative or
  • RESOLVED
    Having a fixed purpose; determined; resolute; -- usually placed after its noun; as, a man resolved to be rich. That makes him a resolved enemy. Jer. Taylor. I am resolved she shall not settle here. Fielding.
  • DECIDEDLY
    In a decided manner; indisputably; clearly; thoroughly.
  • DETERMINER
    One who, or that which, determines or decides.
  • DECIDED
    1. Free from ambiguity; unequivocal; unmistakable; unquestionable; clear; evident; as, a decided advantage. "A more decided taste for science." Prescott. 2. Free from doubt or wavering; determined; of fixed purpose; fully settled; positive;
  • DOUBTFULNESS
    1. State of being doubtful. 2. Uncertainty of meaning; ambiguity; indefiniteness. " The doubtfulness of his expressions." Locke. 3. Uncertainty of event or issue. Bacon.
  • ASSENTATOR
    An obsequious; a flatterer.
  • RESOLVE
    To solve, as a problem, by enumerating the several things to be done, in order to obtain what is required; to find the answer to, or the result of. Hutton. (more info) relax, enfeeble; pref. re- re- + solvere to loosen, dissolve: cf. F. résoudare
  • ASSENTING
    Giving or implying assent. -- As*sent"ing*ly, adv.
  • ASSENTIVE
    Giving assent; of the nature of assent; complying. -- As*sent"ive*ness, n.
  • DOUBTFUL
    1. Not settled in opinion; undetermined; wavering; hesitating in belief; also used, metaphorically, of the body when its action is affected by such a state of mind; as, we are doubtful of a fact, or of the propriety of a measure. Methinks I should
  • DOUBTOUS
    Doubtful. Chaucer.
  • REDOUBTABLE
    Formidable; dread; terrible to foes; as, a redoubtable hero;
  • REDOUBT
    reductus, literally, a retreat, from L. reductus drawn back, retired, p. p. of reducere to lead or draw back; cf. F. réduit, also fr. LL. A small, and usually a roughly constructed, fort or outwork of varying shape, commonly erected
  • PRERESOLVE
    To resolve beforehand; to predetermine. Sir E. Dering.
  • MISDOUBT
    To be suspicious of; to have suspicion. I do not misdoubt my wife. Shak.
  • DISASSENT
    To dissent.
  • INDETERMINED
    Undetermined.
  • RE-RESOLVE
    To resolve again. Resolves, and re-resolves, then dies the same. Young.

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