as in sincerity
absence of any intent or attempt to be dishonest in dealing with other people
The two parties demonstrated good faith in negotiating the deal.
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Recent Examples of good faith
While elections in the U.S. rely heavily on local discretion and good faith, Mexico's system is designed around safeguards, not trust.
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Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 2025
The chamber's bill would give states the ability to ask for a good faith waiver that would give them an additional two years to come into compliance with the provision, or until the end of 2028, rather than the end of 2026 in the House version.
—Lorie Konish, CNBC, 25 June 2025
As Moscow continued hammering civilian targets, contrary to Mr. Trump’s stated wishes, the U.S. president expressed some skepticism about Mr. Putin’s good faith.
—Anna Mulrine Grobe, Christian Science Monitor, 4 June 2025
There are good faith arguments about integrating trans athletes in their sports, but this wasn’t a discussion.
—Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2025
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Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 2025
The chamber's bill would give states the ability to ask for a good faith waiver that would give them an additional two years to come into compliance with the provision, or until the end of 2028, rather than the end of 2026 in the House version.
—Lorie Konish, CNBC, 25 June 2025
As Moscow continued hammering civilian targets, contrary to Mr. Trump’s stated wishes, the U.S. president expressed some skepticism about Mr. Putin’s good faith.
—Anna Mulrine Grobe, Christian Science Monitor, 4 June 2025
There are good faith arguments about integrating trans athletes in their sports, but this wasn’t a discussion.
—Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 3 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for good faith
sincerity
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On the contrary, there’s a kind of sincerity to his reverence for beauty, for the erotic as art.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
10 July 2025
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So the director builds our modern discomfort with sincerity into his interpretation—an approach that meshes with the film’s sunny politics, which are loudly obvious from the jump.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
8 July 2025
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“Good faith.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/good%20faith. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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