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credence

/ˈkɹiː.dəns//ˈkɹi.dəns/

credence noun: acceptance of a belief or claim as true, especially on the basis of evidence.

Noun

credence (countable and uncountable, plural credences)

  1. (uncountable) Acceptance of a belief or claim as true, especially on the basis of evidence.
    • Based on the scientific data, I give credence to this hypothesis.
  2. (rare, uncountable) Credential or supporting material for a person or claim.
    • He presented us with a letter of credence.
  3. (countable) A small table or credenza used in certain Christian religious services.
    Synonyms:
    credence table
  4. (countable) A cupboard, sideboard, or cabinet, particularly one intended for the display of rich vessels or plate on open shelves.
  5. (countable) A subjective probability estimate of a belief or claim.
    • My credence in the proposition is around 90%.

Verb

credence (third-person singular simple present credences, present participle credencing, simple past and past participle credenced)

  1. (obsolete) To give credence to; to believe.

credence meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada

credence in Urdu

تصدیق

credence in Bengali

বিশ্বাসযোগ্যতা, আস্থা

credence in Malayalam

faith, belief, trust
വിശ്വാസം, വിശ്വാസ്യത, പ്രത്യയം, ദൃഢപ്രത്യയം, ഉറച്ചവിശ്വാസം, ദൃഢവിശ്വാസം
credibility, plausibility, credit
വിശ്വാസം, വിശ്വാസ്യത, വിശ്വാസയോഗ്യത, വിശ്വസ്തത, വിശ്വസനീയത, ബഹുമതി

credence in Kannada

ನಂಬಿಕೆ, ವಿಶ್ವಾಸ, ಭರವಸೆ, ನಚ್ಚು

Examples of credence in a sentence

  • A poignant reply will garner more credence than hours of blown smoke.
  • The evidence lends credence to the witness's testimony.
  • A faction recalled Duke mentioning Bajan ancestry at some point, which lent credence to the tale.

All 14 example sentences with credence

Synonyms of credence

  • credence table

Forms of credence

Noun
pluralcredences
Verb
third-person singular presentcredences
present participlecredencing
past participlecredenced
pastcredenced

Origin of credence

From Middle English credence, from Old French credence, from Medieval Latin crēdentia (“belief, faith”), from Latin crēdēns, present active participle of crēdō (“loan, confide in, trust, believe”). Compare French croyance, French créance, Italian credenza, Portuguese crença, Romanian credință, Spanish creencia. Doublet of credenza.

Words formed from credence

Phrases with credence

Questions about credence

What does credence mean?
Credence means acceptance of a belief or claim as true, especially on the basis of evidence.
What is credence in Urdu?
Credence in Urdu is تصدیق. See Credence meaning in Urdu.
What part of speech is credence?
Credence can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce credence?
Credence is pronounced /ˈkɹiː.dəns/ (UK).
What is the plural of credence?
The plural of credence is credences.

Words near credence in the dictionary

  1. creches
  2. Crecy
  3. cred
  4. credal
  5. Creddie
  6. credence
  7. credenced
  8. credences
  9. credencing
  10. credencive
  11. credenciveness

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: credence (page history and authors); credence (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Credence (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); credence (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); credence (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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