unerringnessn.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈəːrɪŋnᵻs/, U.S. /ˌənˈɛrɪŋnᵻs/, /ˌənˈərɪŋnᵻs/ (un- prefix1 6.)
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > freedom from error, correctness > [noun]
rightness?a1425
sureness1589
accurateness1611
right1633
rectitude1656
unerringnessa1674
justness1832
errorlessness1875
a1674 J. Vaughan Rep. & Arguments (1677) 139 If any man thinks that a person..must submit in all, or any of these, to the implyed discretion and unerringness of his Judge.
1867 G. Meredith Vittoria I. vii. 101 The result corroborated his devotional belief in the unerringness of his own powerful intuition.
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