Doubt

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Meaning of Doubt

The uncertainty which exists in relation to a fact, a proposition, or other thing; an equipoise of the mind arising from an equality of contrary reasons. Ayliife, Pand. 121. See “Reasonable Doubt.”

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Synonyms of Doubt

(Distrust), verb

  • awake a suspicion
  • be apprehensive
  • be doubtful
  • be dubious
  • be incredulous
  • be nervous
  • be skeptical
  • be suspicious
  • be uncertain
  • challenge
  • disbelieve
  • discredit
  • dispute
  • entertain doubts
  • entertain suspicions
  • feel distrust
  • find hard to believe
  • give no credence toreet with skepticism
  • half believe
  • harbor doubts
  • haror suspicions
  • have doubts
  • have fears
  • have misgivings
  • have questions
  • have suspicions
  • impugn
  • lack confidence in
  • misbelieve
  • misdoubt
  • misgive
  • mistrust
  • not admit
  • not believe
  • object
  • query
  • question
  • raise a question
  • raise a suspicion
  • refuse to believe
  • refuse to trust
  • regard with suspicion
  • suspect
  • withhold reliance
  • Associated Concepts: doubt the credibility of a witness

(Hesitate), verb

  • be in a quandary
  • be irresolute
  • be puzzled
  • be uncertain
  • be undecided
  • be undetermined
  • debate
  • delay
  • deliberate
  • demur
  • dubitate
  • equivocate
  • falter
  • feel unsure
  • fluctuate
  • have qualms
  • have reservations
  • hold off
  • pause
  • ponder
  • push aside
  • put off a decision
  • puzzle over
  • scruple
  • stop to consider
  • table
  • think it over
  • vacillate
  • waver
  • withhold judgment Associated Concepts: beyond a reasonable doubt
  • beyond a shadow of a doubt
  • free from all doubt

(Indecision), noun

  • ambiguity
  • anxiety
  • apprehension
  • apprehensiveness
  • confusion
  • dubitatio
  • dubito
  • faltering
  • feeling of uncertainty
  • hesitancy
  • improbability
  • inability to decide
  • incertitude
  • indefiniteness
  • indeterminateness
  • indetermination
  • infirmity of purpose
  • insecurity
  • instability
  • irresolution
  • lack of certitude
  • lack of confidence
  • lack of conviction
  • lack of faith
  • matter of dubitation
  • misgiving
  • perplexity
  • precariousness
  • qualification
  • qualm
  • qualmishness
  • quandary
  • question
  • reluctance
  • reservation
  • reserve
  • selfdoubt
  • state of suspense
  • suspended judgment
  • suspense
  • uncertain state
  • uncertainness
  • uncertainty
  • undecidedness
  • undeterminedness
  • unsettled opinion
  • unsettlement
  • unsteadiness
  • unsureness
  • vacillation
  • vagueness
  • want of confidence
  • want of faith
  • wavering Associated Concepts: beyond a reasonable doubt standard
  • rational doubt
  • reasonable doubt foreign phrases: Nobiliores et benigniores praesumptiones in dubiis suntpraeferendae
  • In doubtful cases the more generous and more benign presumptions are to be preferred
  • Ambiguitas verborum latens verificatione supple tur; nam quod exfacto oritur ambiguum verificatione facti tollitur
  • A latent verbal ambiguity may be removed by evidence; for whatever ambiguity arises from an extrinsic fact may be explained by extrinsic evidence
  • Quae dubitationis tollendae causa contractibus inseruntur
  • jus commune non laedunt
  • Those clauses which are inserted in agreements to avoid doubts and ambiguity do not offend the common law

(Suspicion), noun

  • apprehension
  • chariness
  • consternation
  • critical attitude
  • disbelief
  • discredit
  • dismay
  • distrust
  • distrustfulness
  • doubtfulness
  • dubiety
  • dubiousness
  • dubitation
  • faithlessness
  • hesitation
  • improbability
  • incredibility
  • incredulity
  • incredulousness
  • lack of confidence
  • lack of faith
  • lack of trust
  • matter of dubitation
  • misdoubt
  • misgiving
  • mistrust
  • mistrustfulness
  • qualm
  • qualmishness
  • question in one’s mind
  • refusal to believe
  • reluctance to believe
  • skepticalness
  • skepticism
  • suspicio
  • suspiciousness
  • unbelief
  • uncredulousness
  • want of confidence
  • want of faith
  • want of trust
  • wariness

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