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firm belief in the integrity, ability, effectiveness, or genuineness of someone or something<a relationship of mutual trust between lawyer and client>Synonymsconfidence, credence, faith, stockRelated Wordsacceptance, assurance, assuredness, certainty, certitude, conviction, positiveness, sureness; credit, dependence, hope, relianceNear Antonymsdisbelief, incredulity, unbelief; doubt, dubiousness, incertitude, nonconfidence, skepticism, suspicion, uncertaintyAntonymsdistrust, mistrust
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a number of businesses or enterprises united for commercial advantage<government lawyers argued against allowing the telephone companies to merge, arguing that such a merger would result in a trust that would stifle competition>— see cartel
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responsibility for the safety and well-being of someone or something<left her cat in the trust of her neighbors while she was on vacation>— see custody
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the right to take possession of goods before paying for them<as his inner-city customers are often short on money, the neighborhood grocer has to frequently sell on trust>— see credit 1
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