Pŏs'i-tive-ness, n.
n. 1. Reality of existence; not mere negation; actualness.
The positiveness of sins of commission lies both in the habitude of the will and in the executed act too: the positiveness of sins of omission is in the habitude of the will only. Norris.
Sense 2. Undoubting assurance; full confidence; peremptoriness; as, the man related the facts with positiveness; in matters of opinion, positiveness is not an indication of prudence.