1 [U] ~ (in sb/sth) trust in sb's ability or knowledge; trust that sb/sth will do what has been promised:
I have great faith in you-I know you'll do well. * We've lost faith in the government's promises. * Her friend's kindness has restored her faith in human nature.
2 [U,sing.] strong religious belief:
blind / unquestioning faith * to lose your faith * Faith is stronger than reason.
3 [C] a particular religion:
the Christian faith * The children are learning to understand people of different faiths.
4 (good ~) [U] the intention to do sth right:
They handed over the weapons as a gesture of good faith.
IDIOMS
break / keep faith with sb to break/keep a promise that you have made to sb; to stop/continue being loyal to sb
in bad faith knowing that what you are doing is wrong
in good faith believing that what you are doing is right; believing that sth is correct:
We printed the report in good faith but have now learnt that it was incorrect. * He bought the painting in good faith (= he did not know that it had been stolen).
moreatPINv.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for faith is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is faith a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, faith is tagged as noun.
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