faithnoun
uk/feɪθ/us/feɪθ/faith noun (TRUST)
B2 [ U ] great trust or confidence in something or someone:
She has no faith in modern medicine.
You'll cope - I have great faith in you.
After the trial, his family said they had lost all faith in the judicial system.
Politicians must start keeping their promises if they want to restore the people's faith in government.
More examples
- The leader's speech was impressive and confirmed her faith in the party.
- The people have no faith in their government, and herein lies the root of the problem.
- All her life she had implicit faith in socialism.
- When the drugs failed to cure her, she put her faith in herbal medicine.
- It was apparent that the captain had little faith in the rest of the team.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Trusting and not trusting
- (you can) depend on/upon it idiom
- accept/take sth on faith idiom
- bank
- bank on sb/sth
- believe
- believe in sb
- count
- distrust
- have faith! idiom
- I wouldn't trust sb as far as I could throw them idiom
- keep faith with sth/sb idiom
- lean
- put/place your faith in sth/sb idiom
- reliance
- rely on/upon sb/sth
- repose
- repose trust/confidence/hope in sb/sth idiom
- trust
- turn
- untrustworthy
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faith noun (RELIGION)
B2 [ C ] a particular religion:
the Muslim/Christian/Jewish/Buddhist faith
They were persecuted for their faith.
He was forced to practise his faith in secret.
a multi-faith society
They were brought up in the true faith (= the religion which the speaker believes is the only true one).
B2 [ U ] strong belief in God or a particular religion:
Even in the bad times she never lost her faith.
Her faith in God was shattered when her baby died.
It's my faith that keeps me going.
More examples
- Protestantism and Roman Catholicism are both denominations of the Christian faith.
- In a multicultural society is it not anomalous to have a blasphemy law which only protects one religious faith?
- He views his life as a spiritual journey towards a greater understanding of his faith.
- She was sustained by the strength of her religious faith.
- She is a pious follower of the faith, never missing her prayers.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Religions & religious groups
- African Methodist Episcopal Church
- AME
- Buddhism
- Calvinist
- catholic
- established
- faith-based
- Free Church
- Hinduism
- interfaith
- Rastafarian
- Satanism
- sect
- shamanism
- Shiism
- the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- the Episcopal Church
- the God squad
- Zionism
- Zoroastrianism
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Religious beliefs & atheistic beliefs
Idiom(s)
accept/take sth on faith
faith can move mountains
have faith!
keep faith with sth/sb
put/place your faith in sth/sb