uncertainty
Webster 1828
UNCER'TAINTY, noun 1. doubtfulness; dubiousness. The truth is not ascertained; the latest accounts have not removed the uncertainty 2. Want of certainty; want of precision; as the uncertainty of the signification of words.3. Contingency.Steadfastly grasping the greatest and most slippery uncertainties.4. Something unknown.Our shepherd's case is every man's case that quits a certainty for an uncertainty