- trustingness
- noun see trust II
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
trustingness
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trustingness — trusting ► ADJECTIVE ▪ tending to trust others; not suspicious. DERIVATIVES trustingly adverb trustingness noun … English terms dictionary
trustingness — trust·ing·ness … English syllables
trustingness — noun the trait of believing in the honesty and reliability of others the experience destroyed his trust and personal dignity • Syn: ↑trust, ↑trustfulness • Ant: ↑distrust (for: ↑trust) … Useful english dictionary
trustfulness — noun the trait of believing in the honesty and reliability of others the experience destroyed his trust and personal dignity • Syn: ↑trust, ↑trustingness • Ant: ↑distrust (for: ↑trust) … Useful english dictionary
trust — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse traust trust; akin to Old English trēowe faithful more at true Date: 13th century 1. a. assured reliance on the character, ability, strength, or truth of… … New Collegiate Dictionary
trusting — trustingly, adv. trustingness, n. /trus ting/, adj. inclined to trust; confiding; trustful: a trusting child. [1400 50; late ME; see TRUST, ING2] Syn. unsuspicious, innocent, naive, unwary. * * * … Universalium
perfidy — 1590s, from M.Fr. perfidie, from L. perfidia falsehood, treachery, from perfidus faithless, from phrase per fidem decipere to deceive through trustingness, from per through (see PER (Cf. per)) + fidem (nom. fides) faith (see … Etymology dictionary
trusting — adjective showing trust in or tending to trust others; not suspicious. Derivatives trustingly adverb trustingness noun … English new terms dictionary
innocence — n 1. sinlessness, virtue, virtuousness, decency, probity; immaculateness, faultlessness, flaw lessness, impeccability; stainlessness, spotlessness, cleanness; chastity, purity, incorruption, incorruptibility, righteousness, uprightness;… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
trusting — /ˈtrʌstɪŋ/ (say trusting) adjective that trusts; confiding; trustful. {trust + ing2} –trustingly, adverb –trustingness, noun …
