doubtance

English

Etymology

From Middle English doutaunce, from Old French doutance, from Medieval Latin dubitantia. Equivalent to doubt +‎ -ance. Compare dubitancy.

Noun

doubtance (uncountable)

(obsolete) doubt; uncertainty

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “doubtance”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)