faith

/feษชฮธ/

IPA: /F EY1 TH/

noun
  1. 1

    A trust or confidence in the intentions or abilities of a person, object, or ideal from prior empirical evidence.

    โ€œI have faith in the goodness of my fellow man.โ€

  2. 2

    The process of forming or understanding abstractions, ideas, or beliefs, without empirical evidence, experience or observation.

    โ€œI have faith in the healing power of crystals.โ€

  3. 3

    A religious or spiritual belief system.

    โ€œThe Christian faith.โ€

  4. 4

    An obligation of loyalty or fidelity and the observance of such an obligation.

    โ€œHe acted in good faith to restore broken diplomatic ties after defeating the incumbent.โ€

  5. 5

    Credibility or truth.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/faith