[U] the quality that sb/sth has that makes people believe or trust them:
to gain / lack / lose credibility * The prosecution did its best to undermine the credibility of the witness. * After the recent scandal, the government has lost all credibility. * Newspapers were talking of a credibility gap between what he said and what he did.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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Is credibility a noun, verb, or something else?
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