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good faith

/ˌɡʊd ˈfeɪθ/

good faith noun: good, honest intentions.

Noun

good faith (uncountable)

  1. Good, honest intentions.
    • He made a mistake, but acted in good faith.
    • Although this behavior may look suspicious, we should assume good faith.
    Antonyms:
    bad faith

Adjective

good faith (comparative more good faith, superlative most good faith)

  1. Having or done with good, honest intentions; well-intentioned.
    • A good faith buyer.
    • A good faith attempt.
  2. Presuming that all parties to a discussion are honest and intend to act in a fair and appropriate manner.
    • Good faith bargaining.
    • The California Workers Compensation Appeals Board, in awarding the benefits, overturned a 1978 ruling which held that a gay lover could not qualify as a "good faith" dependent.1983 December 31, Christine Guilfoy, “Gay Man in California Granted Survivor Benefits”, in Gay Community News, volume 11, number 24, page 1

good faith meaning in Tamil, Kannada, Arabic and Indonesian

good faith in Tamil

நல்லெண்ணம், நன்னம்பிக்கை

good faith in Kannada

ಸದುದ್ದೇಶ, ಸದ್ಭಾವ

good faith in Arabic

good, honest intentions
حُسْنُ نِيَّةٍ ḥusnu niyyatin

good faith in Indonesian

good, honest intentions
iktikad baik
More languagesFewer languages
good faith in Vietnamese
thiện ý, thành tín, có thiện ý

Examples of good faith in a sentence

  • "This is further proof that ASLEF is willing to negotiate in good faith and modernise our railway.2023 May 31, Mel Holley, “Network News: ASLEF recommends £71,000 pay deal for TfW drivers”, in RAIL, number 984, page 20:
  • Sam acted in good faith,” the defense lawyer Mark Cohen said.2023 October 5, Victoria Bekiempis, “FTX co-founder testifies he committed crimes with Sam Bankman-Fried”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

Antonyms of good faith

Forms of good faith

comparativemore good faith
superlativemost good faith

Origin of good faith

Calque 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”).

Questions about good faith

What does good faith mean?
Good faith means good, honest intentions.
What is good faith in Tamil?
Good faith in Tamil is நல்லெண்ணம், நன்னம்பிக்கை. See Good faith meaning in Tamil.
How do you use good faith in a sentence?
"This is further proof that ASLEF is willing to negotiate in good faith and modernise our railway.
What part of speech is good faith?
Good faith can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce good faith?
Good faith is pronounced /ˌɡʊd ˈfeɪθ/ (UK).

Words near good faith in the dictionary

  1. good enough for government work
  2. good enough for jazz
  3. good enough to eat
  4. good eve
  5. good evening
  6. good faith
  7. good fences make good neighbors
  8. good fences make good neighbours
  9. good folk
  10. good for a laugh
  11. good for nothing

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: good faith (page history and authors); good faith (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); good faith (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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