faith — OAT · Shobdo

faith

noun

1 he completely justified his boss's faith in him:

trust, belief, confidence, conviction, credence, reliance, dependence;

optimism, hopefulness, hope, expectation.

▷antonyms mistrust.

2 she gave her life for her faith:

religion, church, sect, denomination, persuasion, religious persuasion, religious belief, belief, code of belief, ideology, creed, teaching, dogma, doctrine.

□ break faith with

be disloyal to, be unfaithful to, be untrue to, betray, play someone false, break one's promise to, fail, let down, disappoint;

double-cross, deceive, cheat, stab in the back, be a Judas to, give away;

informal rat on, sell down the river;

British, informal do the dirty on, stitch up.

□ keep faith with

be loyal to, be faithful to, be true to, stand by, stick by, keep one's promise to, make good one's promise to.