credence
Weight given testimony
Credence is belief or acceptance that something is true.
To give credence to a claim is to treat it as plausible or worthy of belief.
Lend credence works similarly—evidence lends credence to a theory by making it more believable.
The word appears almost exclusively in these phrases rather than standing alone.
Trust held as true
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- spiritualityConnection to the sacred
- pietySincere religious devotion
- theologyStudy of the divine
doctrine · dogma · tenet · gospel · scripture · conviction · orthodoxy · catechism
Consent to receive
- believabilityCapacity to seem true
- plausibilitySeeming likely true
- convictionFirmly held belief
- trustConfidence in another
confidence · assurance · presumption · supposition · assumption · notion · opinion · viewpoint
Demonstration of truth
- verificationProving something accurate
- substantiationProof of truth
- corroborationEvidence confirming another account
- validationConfirming truth or accuracy
confirmation · support · documentation · testimony · backing · grounds · basis · foundation
belief
Trust held as true
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
- spiritualityConnection to the sacred
- pietySincere religious devotion
theology · doctrine · dogma · tenet · gospel · scripture · conviction · orthodoxy · catechism · religion
acceptance
Consent to receive
- believabilityCapacity to seem true
- plausibilitySeeming likely true
- convictionFirmly held belief
trust · confidence · assurance · presumption · supposition · assumption · notion · opinion · viewpoint · persuasion
proof
Demonstration of truth
- verificationProving something accurate
- substantiationProof of truth
- corroborationEvidence confirming another account
validation · confirmation · support · documentation · testimony · backing · grounds · basis · foundation · authentication
table
Horizontal furniture surface
repository · shelf · cabinet · console · serving · display · communion · liturgical · sacristy · vestry
- belieffaith, belief, belief systems, dogma, theism
- probabilityprobability, chance, random, randomness, odds
- approvalapprove, approval rating, agree, accept, thumbs-up
- Bayesian statisticslikelihood, prior, posterior, hyperparameter, burn-in
- beliefsbelief, beliefs, creeds, faith, faiths
- mental statesknowledge, conscious, mood, anxious, memory
credencedisbelief
Rejection of truth claims
incredulity · distrust · mistrust · skepticism · unbelief
credencedoubt
Lack of firm belief
uncertainty · dubiety · incertitude · dubiousness · misgiving
- professional credentialsVerified qualifications for work
- fake credentialsFalsified proof of qualification
- press credentialsJournalist's official access authorization
- teaching credentialEducator's professional license
- academic credentialsProof of formal study
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