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credence
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credence noun acceptance, act of believing, belief, certainty, complete trust, confidence, credit, dependence on, faith, firm belief, fixed belief, full assurance, full belief, implicit belief, instinctive belief, persuasion, reliance, subjective belief, sureness, surety, suspension of disbelief, trust, unshaken belief, view
Foreign phrases: Culbet in arte sua perito est credendum.Credence should be given to one skilled in his peculiar prooession.
See also: belief, confidence, conviction, credibility, faith, persuasion, reliance, trust, weight


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