faith
A trust or confidence in the intentions or abilities of a person, object, or ideal from prior empirical evidence.
Noun 4 meanings
A trust or confidence in the intentions or abilities of a person, object, or ideal from prior empirical evidence.
“The faithfulness of Old Faithful gives us faith in it.”
A conviction about abstractions, ideas, or beliefs, without empirical evidence, experience, or observation.
“I have faith that my prayers will be answered.”
A religious or spiritual belief system.
“The Christian faith.”
An obligation of loyalty or fidelity and the observance of such an obligation.
“He acted in good faith to restore broken diplomatic ties after defeating the incumbent.”
Etymology
From Middle English faith (also fay), borrowed from Old French fei, feid, from Latin fidem. Doublet of foy. Displaced native Old English ġelēafa, which was also a word for belief. * Old French had [θ] as a final devoiced allophone of /ð/ from lenited Latin /d/; this eventually fell silent in the 12th century.
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FAITH at a glance
FAITH has 5 letters and scores 11 points in Scrabble (F 4 + A 1 + I 1 + T 1 + H 4) and 10 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #1,552 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with faith
All rhymes- WITH10
- SMITH10
- BLACKSMITH23
- GOLDSMITH16
- ZENITH18
- WRAITH12
- HADITH13
- SITH7
- SAITH8
- INTERFAITH16
- LOCKSMITH20
- MONOLITH13
One letter away
- SAITH8
- FRITH11
- LAITH8
- HAITH11
- BAITH10
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