Certainty and Impossibility

Certainty

Certainty noun - A state of mind in which one is free from doubt.

Impossibility is an antonym for certainty.

Nearby Words: certain, certainly

Impossibility

Impossibility noun - Incapability of existing or occurring.
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Synonyms for Impossibility

Certainty is an antonym for impossibility.

Nearby Words: impossible, impossibly

Both words in one sentence

  • In the Death Note live-action films, Light Yagami dies much, much earlier than he did in the anime, on account of L writing his own name in the Death Note before Light can kill him, making his own death a certainty in 23 days but an impossibility at any time prior to that.
    Source: Not His Sled
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