Doubt characterises a status in which the mind remains suspended between two contradictory propositions and unable to assent to either of them Doubt on an
emotional level is indecision between
belief and . Doubt involves
uncertainty,
distrust or lack of sureness of an alleged
fact, an action, a motive, or a
decision. Doubt questions a notion of a perceived "
reality", and may involve delaying or rejecting relevant action out of concerns for mistakes or faults or appropriateness. (compare
paradox).