Synonyms for credence
ˈkrid nscre·dence

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1. credence

   Belief, as an intellectual process, is the acceptance of some thing as true on other grounds than personal observation and experience. We give credence to a report, assent to a proposition or to a proposal. Belief is stronger than credence; credence might be described as a prima facie belief; credence is a more formal word than belief, and seems to imply somewhat more of volition; we speak of giving credence to a report, but not of giving belief. Goods are sold on credit; we give one credit for good intentions. Conviction is a belief established by argument or evidence; assurance is belief beyond the reach of argument; as, the Christian's assurance of salvation. An opinion is a general conclusion held as probable, tho without full certainty; a persuasion is a more confident opinion, involving the heart as well as the intellect. In religion, a doctrine is a statement of belief regarding a single point; a creed is a summary statement of doctrines. Confidence is a firm dependence upon a statement as true, or upon a person as worthy. Reliance is confidence on which we act or are ready to act unquestioningly; we have a calm reliance upon the uniformity of nature. Trust is a practical and tranquil resting of the mind upon the integrity, kindness, friendship, or promises of a person; we have trust in God. Faith is a union of belief and trust. Faith is chiefly personal; belief may be quite impersonal; we speak of belief of a proposition, faith in a promise, because the promise emanates from a person. But belief in a person is often used with no appreciable difference from faith. In religion it is common to distinguish between intellectual belief of religious truth, as any other truth might be believed, and belief of the heart, or saving faith.

   Synonyms:
   assent, assurance, belief, confidence, conviction, credit, creed, doctrine, faith, opinion, reliance, trust

   Antonyms:
   denial, disbelief, dissent, distrust, doubt, doubt, incredulity, infidelity, misgiving, rejection, skepticism, suspicion, unbelief

   Preposition:
   Have faith in God; the faith of the gospel.

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1. credence

   Synonyms:
   belief, faith, trust, credit, confidence

   Antonyms:
   disbelief, distrust, denial

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1. credence, acceptancenoun

   the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true

   "he gave credence to the gossip"; "acceptance of Newtonian mechanics was unquestioned for 200 years"

   Synonyms:
   acceptance, adoption, sufferance, banker's acceptance, toleration, espousal, acceptation, credenza

2. credenza, credencenoun

   a kind of sideboard or buffet

   Synonyms:
   acceptance, credenza

Matched Categories

1. • Attitude
   • Buffet

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1. credencenoun

   Synonyms:
   belief, credit, trust, faith, confidence, reliance

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1. credencenoun

   Synonyms:
   belief, credit, acceptance

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1. List of paraphrases for "credence":

   credibility, receivable, credit

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How to use credence in a sentence?

1. Samuel Mehr:

   The study gives credence to the idea that there is some sort of set of governing rules for how human minds produce music worldwide. And that's something we could not really test until we had a lot of data about music from many different cultures.

2. Cory Booker:

   I don't really give that much credence to complaints from The House about the process when they wouldn't even participate in it.

3. Mitch McConnell:

   If Republicans had introduced a bill to add four Supreme Court seats for the last president to full, there would have been weeks of wall-to-wall outrage on every newspaper and cable TV channel, now it seems the main strategies are to either shrug off and look the other way ot to actively pay along and somehow lend credence.

4. Kristin Hammersmith:

   This paper kind of puts together what the level of evidence is for this being a good modality, but the kind of randomized control trials we’re taught to really give a lot of credence to in medicine don’t exist for punctal plugs… probably because people have used them for a long time, they seem to work and it hasn’t been too exciting for individuals or industries to sponsor big randomized control trials comparing this to not using plugs.

5. Darius Longarino:

   Survivors in Xianzi's position face near-insurmountable odds because courts give little credence to testimony and are looking for' smoking gun' evidence, zhu Jun is powerful, and it seems like outside political pressure was tipping the scales even further in Zhu Jun favor.