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   Doubt

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   noun

   • 1. a feeling of uncertainty or lack of conviction: "some doubt has been cast upon the authenticity of this account" Similar uncertaintylack of certaintyunsurenessindecisionhesitationhesitancydubiousnesssuspicionconfusionquestion markqueriesquestionsrare:dubietyincertitudeindecisionhesitationdiffidenceuncertaintyinsecurityinhibitionuneaseuneasinessapprehensionhesitancywaveringvacillationirresolutionlack of convictiondemurralskepticismdistrustmistrustlack of trustdoubtfulnesssuspicioncynicismdisbeliefincredulityunbeliefmisbelieflack of confidence/convictionuneasinessapprehensionwarinesscharinessquestioningreservationsmisgivingssuspicionsqualmsinformal:leerinessformal:dubietyOpposite certaintyconvictionconfidencetrust

   verb

   • 1. feel uncertain about: "I doubt my ability to do the job"
   • ▪ question the truth or fact of (something): "who can doubt the value of these services?" Similar think something unlikelyhave (one's) doubts aboutquestionquerybe dubiouslack convictionhave reservations aboutOpposite be confident
   • ▪ disbelieve (a person or their word): "I have no reason to doubt him" Similar disbelievedistrustmistrustsuspectlack confidence inhave doubts aboutbe suspicious ofhave suspicions abouthave misgivings aboutfeel uneasy aboutfeel apprehensive aboutcall into questioncast doubt onqueryquestionchallengedisputehave reservations aboutarchaic:misdoubtOpposite trust
   • ▪ feel uncertain, especially about one's religious beliefs. Similar be undecidedhave doubtsbe irresolutebe hesitantbe tentativebe ambivalentbe dividedbe doubtfulbe unsurebe uncertainbe in two mindshesitateshilly-shallywaverfaltervacillateditherdemurinformal:sit on the fenceOpposite believe
   • 2. fear; be afraid: archaic "I doubt not your contradictions"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Old French doute (noun), douter (verb), from Latin dubitare ‘hesitate’, from dubius ‘doubtful’ (see dubious).

   Derivatives

   • 1. doubtable adjective

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   • Sometimes, doubting is a good thing. Doubt can, like pain, alert us to a problem that needs addressed. We are to test ourselves to be sure that we are “in the faith” (2 Corinthians 13:5). Be sure that you are born again.

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   What does faith vs doubt mean?

   • The opposite of faith is certainty; where there is certainty there is no room for faith. Paul Tillich puts it this way, Doubt is not the opposite of faith; it is one element of faith. Anne Lamott builds on Tillich’s quote, The opposite of faith is not doubt, but certainty.

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   What is the definition of doubt?

   • doubt. ( daʊt) n. 1. uncertainty about the truth, fact, or existence of something (esp in the phrases in doubt, without doubt, beyond a shadow of doubt, etc) 2. ( often plural) lack of belief in or conviction about something: all his doubts about the project disappeared. 3. an unresolved difficulty, point, etc. 4.

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