good faith
Good, honest intentionsGood, honest intentions.
» Tom did it in good faith.
Tom hat es in gutem Glauben getan. — wolfgangth
CM · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 senses(uncountable)Good, honest intentions.
He made a mistake, but acted in good faith.
Although this behavior may look suspicious, we should assume good faith.
Treu und Glauben, guter Glaube, bestes Wissen und Gewissen
добросо́вестностьdobrosóvestnostʹ, че́стное наме́рениеčéstnoje namérenije, и́скренностьískrennostʹ
до́брий на́мірdóbryj námir
having honest intentions
Examples
16 sentencesTom did it in good faith.
deTom hat es in gutem Glauben getan. — wolfgangth
We acted in good faith.
deWir handelten in gutem Glauben. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
He did it in good faith.
deEr hat es in gutem Glauben getan. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom did that in good faith.
We act in good faith.
Translations
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Origin
Calque of Anglo-Norman bone fei, Middle French bonne foy and Old French bonne foy, en boneCalque of Anglo-Norman bone fei, Middle French bonne foy and Old French bonne foy, en bone fei (“loyally, with honesty, with sincere intention”) (modern French bonne foi (“good faith”), de bonne foi (“in good faith, in earnest”)), from Latin bona fidēs (“good faith”).
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Synonyms
1 synonyms- having honest intentions:straightness
Antonyms
1 antonymsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable