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Pascal's wager
name
(religion)
An
argument
for
theism
(and
specifically
Christianity,
according
to
the
writer)
maintaining
that
belief
in
the
divine
ensures
happiness
in
this
life
and
offers
the
possibility
of
eternal
happiness
(should
God
or
divine
beings
exist),
whereas
atheism,
even
if
it
brings
happiness
in
this
life,
offers
no
hope
of
eternal
happiness
and
carries
the
risk
of
eternal
damnation.
wager of law
noun
(law,
historical)
The
giving
of
gage,
or
sureties,
by
a
defendant
in
an
action
of
debt,
that
at
a
certain
day
assigned
he
would
take
an
oath
in
open
court
that
he
did
not
owe
the
debt,
and
at
the
same
time
bring
with
him
eleven
compurgators
who
would
avow
that
they
believed
in
their
consciences
that
he
spoke
the
truth.
wager of battle
noun
(Britain,
law,
historical)
The
giving
of
gage,
or
pledge,
for
trying
a
cause
by
single
combat,
formerly
allowed
in
military,
criminal,
and
civil
causes,
and
finally
abolished
in
1819.
In
writs
of
right,
where
the
trial
was
by
champions,
the
tenant
produced
his
champion,
who,
by
throwing
down
his
glove
as
a
gage,
thus
"waged",
or
stipulated,
battle
with
the
champion
of
the
demandant,
who,
by
taking
up
the
glove,
accepted
the
challenge.
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