credence

credence

noun

Definition of CREDENCE

1

firm belief in the integrity, ability, effectiveness, or genuineness of someone or something <I'm afraid I don't put much credence in common gossip>

Synonyms confidence, credence, faith, stock

Related Words acceptance, assurance, assuredness, certainty, certitude, conviction, positiveness, sureness, surety; credit, dependence (also dependance), hope, reliance

Near Antonyms disbelief, incredulity, unbelief; distrustfulness, doubt, dubiety, dubiousness, incertitude, misdoubt, misgiving, mistrustfulness, nonconfidence, skepticism, suspicion, uncertainness, uncertainty; disenchantment, disillusion, disillusionment

Antonyms distrust, mistrust

2

mental conviction of the truth of some statement or the reality of some being or phenomenon <a foolish theory that, incredibly, once had wide credence among educated people>

Synonyms credence, credit, faith

Related Words axiom, law, precept, principle, tenet; assurance, certainty, certitude, conviction, positiveness, sureness; confidence, dependence (also dependance), reliance, trust; hope; doctrine, dogma, philosophy; dogmatism, fanaticism, insistence

Near Antonyms distrust, mistrust, skepticism, suspicion, uncertainty

Antonyms disbelief, discredit, doubt, nonbelief, unbelief