Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1.
a Roman Catholic system of casuistry that when expert opinions differ an actor can follow any solidly probable opinion that he wishes even though some different opinion might be more probable;
2.
(philosophy) the doctrine that (since certainty is unattainable) probability is a sufficient basis for belief and action;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Probabilism \Prob"a*bil*ism\, n. [Cf. F. probabilisme.]
The doctrine of the probabilists.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
probabilism
n 1: a Roman Catholic system of casuistry that when expert
opinions differ an actor can follow any solidly probable
opinion that he wishes even though some different opinion
might be more probable
2: (philosophy) the doctrine that (since certainty is
unattainable) probability is a sufficient basis for belief
and action