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trust

/trʊst/
noun
  1. Confidence in or reliance on some person or quality.

    "He needs to regain her trust if he is ever going to win her back."

  2. Dependence upon something in the future; hope.

  3. Confidence in the future payment for goods or services supplied; credit.

    "I was out of cash, but the landlady let me have it on trust."

Synonymsbelief, confidence, expectation, faith, hope
Antonymsdistrust, mistrust, untrust, wantrust
verb
  1. To place confidence in; to rely on, to confide, or have faith, in.

    "We cannot trust anyone who deceives us."

  2. To give credence to; to believe; to credit.

  3. To hope confidently; to believe (usually with a phrase or infinitive clause as the object)

    "I trust you have cleaned your room?"

Antonymsdistrust, mistrust
adjective
  1. Secure, safe.

  2. Faithful, dependable.

  3. Of or relating to a trust.

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