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Alternative spellings
feith, feithe, fayth, faythe, faithe (obsolete)

Pronunciation
IPA|/feɪθ/
audio|en-us-faith.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪθ|-eɪθ

Etymology
From Middle English feith, from Old French feid, from Latin fides, faith, trust. Used in English since the 12th Century.

Noun
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1. Mental acceptance of and confidence in a claim as truth without proof supporting the claim.

#:I have faith in a just and loving God.

1. (Christian theology) Belief and trust in the Christian God's promises revealed through Christ in the New Testament.

#:"Faith is the assured expectation of things hoped for, the evident demonstration of realities though not beheld." (Hebrews 11:1)

1. A feeling or belief, that something is true, real, or will happen.

#:Have faith that the criminal justice system will avenge the murder.

1. A trust in the intentions or abilities of a person or object.

#:I have faith in the goodness of my fellow man.

1. countable A system of religious belief.

#:The Christian faith has been spread by proselytize|proselytizing.

1. An obligation of loyalty or fidelity.
2. The observance of such an obligation.

#:He acted in good faith to restore broken diplomatic ties after defeating the incumbent.

Synonyms
(feeling, without direct evidence but based on indirect evidence and experience (inductive reasoning), that something is true, real, or will happen): belief, confidence, trust
(system of religious belief): religion
(Belief without proof)

Translations

Bosnian: vjera f
Chinese: Traditional信念Simplified 信念! 信xin4 念nian4!
Czech: víra f
Croatian: vjera f
Danish: tro
Dutch: vertrouwen
Finnish: usko
Esperanto: fido
French: foi f
German: Glaube
Italian: fede f
Japanese 信頼 (����, shinrai, trust), 信� (����, shinp�)
Korean: 믿� (mideum)
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Maltese: fidi
Polish: wiara f
Portuguese: fé f
Romanian: credinţ� f
Russian: ве�а f
Scots Gaelic creideamh m, creideas m
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: ве�а f
:Roman: vera f
Slovak: viera f
Spanish: fe f

Derived terms
faithful
faithfulness
faithfully
faithless
in faith
faith-healer

Related terms
fidelity

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