credencenoun [ U ]
uk/ˈkriː.dəns/us/ˈkriː.dəns/formalthe belief that something is true:
I'm not prepared to give credence to anonymous complaints.
His bruises added/lent credence to his statement that he had been beaten.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Believing
- article of faith
- ascribe sth to sb
- belief
- believe
- believe in sth
- credit
- feel
- feel it in your bones idiom
- give sb the benefit of the doubt idiom
- gospel
- incline to/towards sth
- kid
- seeing is believing idiom
- self-delusion
- stock
- swear by sth
- take sb's word for it idiom
- take sth as read idiom
- under
- word
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