faith

Plural

faiths

1. 1.A trust or confidence in the intentions or abilities of a person, object, or ideal from prior empirical evidence.

   • I have faith in the goodness of my fellow man.
   • The faithfulness of Old Faithful gives us faith in it.
   • You need to have faith in yourself, that you can overcome your shortcomings and become a good person.

2. 2.A conviction about abstractions, ideas, or beliefs, without empirical evidence, experience, or observation.

   • I have faith that my prayers will be answered.
   • I have faith in the healing power of crystals.

3. 3.A religious or spiritual belief system.

   • Gradually I realized that I needed a faith to rely on.
   • We seek justice for the Indo-European Folk Faith; what's wrong in our literature for that?

4. 4.An obligation of loyalty or fidelity and the observance of such an obligation.

   • He acted in good faith to restore broken diplomatic ties after defeating the incumbent.

Overall

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By learning goal

Everyday conversation

Uncommon

General reading & writing

Common

Academic

Rare

Literature

Rare

Synonyms

• religion

Word family

• faithful