faith

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. trust, reliance, confidence, expectation; belief, creed; loyalty; religion.Ant., doubt.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

1. [Complete trust]

Syn. confidence, trust, credence, belief, credit, assurance, acceptance, expectation, hope, Dependence, conviction, sureness, fidelity, loyalty, troth, certainty, surety, allegiance, assent, credulity, certitude, reliance.

Ant. doubt*, skepticism, distrust.

2. [A formal system of beliefs]

Syn. religion, creed, doctrine, dogma, belief, tenet, revelation, credo, gospel, profession, confession, conviction, persuasion, canon, principle, piety, church, orthodoxy, worship, theism, teaching, theology, doxy, decalogue, denomination, cult, sect. For specific faiths see church 3 , religion 2 .

See Synonym Study at belief .

• bad faith,

Syn. insincerity, duplicity, infidelity; see dishonesty .

• break faith,

Syn. be disloyal, abandon, fail; see betray 1 .

• good faith,

Syn. sincerity, honor, trustworthiness; see honesty 1 .

• in faith,

Syn. indeed, in fact, in reality; see really 1 .

• keep faith,

Syn. be loyal, adhere, follow; see support 2 .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.

1. belief conviction, trust, confidence, certainty, sureness, credence, reliance, hope, dependence. ''It is an instinct, for it precedes all outward instruction.''—Henry Amiel. ''The response of our spirits to beckonings of the eternal.''—George Buttrick. ''The soul riding at anchor.''—JoshBillings. ''A bridge across the gulf of death.''—Ed-ward Young. ''God felt by the heart, not by reason.''—Blaise Pascal.

2. religious belief religion, persuasion, church, denomination, sect, doctrine, creed, dogma, teaching. see religion

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. Absolute certainty in the trustworthiness of another: belief, confidence, dependence, reliance, trust. See BELIEF. 2. Mental acceptance of the truth or actuality of something: belief, credence, credit. See OPINION. 3. A system of religious belief: confession, creed, denomination, persuasion, religion, sect. See RELIGION. 4. Those who accept and practice a particular religious belief: church, communion, denomination, persuasion, sect. See RELIGION.