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faith Definition:
- Faith is confidence or trust in a person or thing; or the observance of an obligation from loyalty; or fidelity to a person, promise, engagement. The word "faith" may also refer to a particular system of religious belief, in which faith may equate to confidence based on some perceived degree of warrant.
| Faith (n.) Belief |
| Faith (n.) The assent of the mind to the statement or proposition of another, on the ground of the manifest truth of what he utters |
| Faith (n.) The belief in the historic truthfulness of the Scripture narrative, and the supernatural origin of its teachings, sometimes called historical and speculative faith. |
| Faith (n.) The belief in the facts and truth of the Scriptures, with a practical love of them |
| Faith (n.) That which is believed on any subject, whether in science, politics, or religion |
| Faith (n.) Fidelity to one's promises, or allegiance to duty, or to a person honored and beloved |
| Faith (n.) Word or honor pledged |
| Faith (n.) Credibility or truth. |
| Faith (interj.) By my faith |
| I' faith () In faith |
| faith healing / faith cure care provided through prayer and faith in God |
| faith loyalty or allegiance to a cause or a person, "keep the faith", "they broke faith with their investors" |
| good faith / straightness having honest intentions, "he acted in good faith", "doubt was expressed as to the good faith of the immigrants" |
| conviction / strong belief / article of faith an unshakable belief in something without need for proof or evidence |
| faith trust complete confidence in a person or plan etc, "he cherished the faith of a good woman", "the doctor-patient relationship is based on trust" |
| religion / faith / religious belief a strong belief in a supernatural power or powers that control human destiny, "he lost his faith but not his morality" |
| article of faith / credendum (Christianity) any of the sections into which a creed or other statement of doctrine is divided |
| Defender of the Faith a title that Leo X bestowed on Henry VIII and later withdrew, parliament restored the title and it has been used by English sovereigns ever since |
| full faith and credit a guarantee to pay interest and principal on debt, usually issued by the United States Treasury |
| religion / faith / organized religion an institution to express belief in a divine power, "he was raised in the Baptist religion", "a member of his own faith contradicted him" |
faith Synonyme:
| faith Weltanschauung abandon acceptation acception acquiescence activity adherence adherents adhesion adoration allegiance apostolic faith ardency ardor arrogance articles of religion aspiration assumption assurance assured faith assuredness attachment avouch avouchment belief bona fides bond bonne foi campaign cardinal virtues catechism cause certainty certitude charity cheerful expectation church churchgoing class cocksureness commitment committedness communion compliance confession confidence confidentness conformity connection consecration constancy conviction courage credence credenda credit credo credulity creed crusade cult cultism dedication denomination dependence desire devotedness devotion devoutness disciples doctrinal statement doctrine dogma doomed hope drive duteousness dutifulness duty earnestness expectation fair prospect faithfulness fealty fervency fervent hope fervidness fervor fidelity fire firmness followers formulated belief fortitude good cheer good faith good hope gospel great cause great expectations guarantee heartiness heat heatedness high hopes homage hope hopeful prognosis hopefulness hopes hoping hoping against hope hubris ideology impassionedness intensity intentness interest ism issue justice lifework love love of God loyalty mass movement movement natural virtues oath obedience obediency obligation observance old-time religion order orthodoxy overconfidence oversureness overweening overweeningness parole passion passionateness persuasion pietism piety piousness pledge plight poise political faith political philosophy pomposity positiveness prayerful hope presumption pride primitive faith principle promise prospect prospects prudence reason for being reception reliance reliance on religion religionism religious belief religious faith religiousness resolution rever |
| faithful Christian Christianlike Christianly abandoned accepted accurate acquiescent active adoring affectionate afire approved ardent assiduous assured at one with attached authentic authoritative believing breathing burning calculable canonical careful certain close committed compliant complying confident conforming conjugal conscientious consistent constant continuing conventional convinced convincing correct credible cultish cultist cultistic customary dedicated delicate delineative demonstrative dependable depictive descriptive detailed devoted devout diligent direct dogged dogmatic doubtless duteous dutiful dyed-in-the-wool earnest enduring evangelical even exact expositive express expressive faithworthy fast fastidious fervent fervid fideistic fiery filial fine finical finicky firm flaming fond graphic hearty heated honest hot hot-blooded husbandly immutable impassioned impressed with in earnest inalterable indefatigable indomitable industrious inerrable inerrant infallible insistent intense intent intent on invincible just languishing lasting law-abiding liege lifelike literal living lovelorn lovesick lovesome loving loyal marble-constant maternal mathematical melting meticulous micrometrically precise microscopic mindful moral natural naturalistic never-tiring nice obedient observant obstinate of the faith on fire orthodox orthodoxical parental particular passionate paternal patient patient as Job perfect perfervid permanent perseverant persevering persistent persisting persuaded pertinacious pietistic pinpoint pious pistic plodding plugging positive practicing prayerful precise predictable preoccupied proper punctilious punctual rapt realistic received red-hot refined regardful relentless reliable religious religiously exact representative resolute reverent reverential rig |
| faithful servant apple-polisher ass-licker backscratcher backslapper bootlick bootlicker brown-nose brownie clawback courtier creature cringer dupe fawner flatterer flunky footlicker groveler handshaker helot instrument jackal kowtower lackey led captain lickspit lickspittle mealymouth minion peon puppet serf slave spaniel stooge suck sycophant timeserver toad toady tool truckler tufthunter yes-man |