took on faith
Accepted without proof
To take something on faith is to believe or accept it without proof or verification, trusting in the source or simply choosing to believe: I took on faith that the directions were correct.
The phrase invokes religious faith, where belief precedes evidence.
She had no way to confirm his story, so she took it on faith.
- takeCapture or filmed segment
- taken at face valueBelieved without deeper analysis
- assumeAccept as true
- presupposeAssume beforehand as true
- assumptionUnverified belief accepted as true
believe · no questions asked · reliance · surmise · dogma · benefit of the doubt · confidence · word of honor · hypothesize · gut feeling · imagine · hope · credence · conviction · dependence · speculate · expectation · trustingly
took on faithverified
Confirmed as accurate
proved · confirmed · demonstrated · tested · fact-checked
took on faithdoubted
Lacked certainty about
questioned · challenged · disputed · rejected · disbelieved
took on faithquestioned
Asked for information
scrutinized · interrogated · doubted · challenged · cross-examined
took, taking, takeaway, faith, faithful, faithfully, faithfulness, faithless, faithlessness