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Good faith   /gʊd feɪθ/   Listen
Good faith

noun
1.
Having honest intentions.  Synonym: straightness.  "Doubt was expressed as to the good faith of the immigrants"






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"Good faith" Quotes from Famous Books



... back in a half-faint. Oh, surely God would take her before that time. But she had promised in good faith. Matters might look different to her when she ...
— A Little Girl in Old Quebec • Amanda Millie Douglas

... that I am pope I am not to be allowed to satisfy it! I shall tear up this contract. I mean that you shall obey me." The Duke of Urbino loudly complained, openly accusing Michelangelo of want of good faith. ...
— The Great Events by Famous Historians, Vol. 8 - The Later Renaissance: From Gutenberg To The Reformation • Editor-in-Chief: Rossiter Johnson

... of South Africa, the Boer leaders wrote at once to express their confidence that the new Government would consist of "men who look out for the honour and glory of England, not by acts of injustice and crushing force, but by the way of justice and good faith." They were answered by promises of local self-government, but such promises had been made to them before, and the retention of Sir Bartle Frere no doubt seemed a bad omen. So, at all events, it was regarded by the Radical party. On ...
— The Life of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles W. Dilke V1 • Stephen Gwynn

... no means of a confiding nature; people prone to lose sight of the truth never are. But on receiving this reassurance of good faith, he walked up boldly enough to the bear, who, as his young rider drew near, swayed his back to enable him, with the greatest ...
— The Red Moccasins - A Story • Morrison Heady

... Bond, Dr. Bremeker lost the medal because he allowed a single post-day to pass before he announced his discovery. There could, in his case, be no difficulty in establishing the fact of his priority, nor any doubt of the good faith with which it was asserted. But inasmuch as Miss Mitchell's discovery was actually made known to Mr. Bond by the next mail which left your island, it is possible—barely possible—that this may be considered ...
— Maria Mitchell: Life, Letters, and Journals • Maria Mitchell


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