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good faith

noun

  1. accordance with standards of honesty, trust, sincerity, etc. (usually preceded byin ).

    If you act in good faith, he'll have no reason to question your motives.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of good faith1

First recorded in 1890–95
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Idioms and Phrases

see under in bad faith.
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Trainee Det Con Kristina Linge, one of the female officers who carried out the strip-search, told a gross misconduct hearing she had "absolutely" acted in good faith but accepted causing upset, for which she apologised.

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Dylan Lopez Contreras had, in good faith, shown up at his immigration hearing in the Bronx last month with his mother, where the judge dismissed the deportation case against him.

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“Meta had been negotiating in good faith with Eight Mile Style, but rather than continue those discussions, Eight Mile Style chose to sue,” the company said in an email.

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"In good faith, the EU paused its countermeasures on 14 April to create space for continued negotiations," the statement said, warning the bloc "is prepared to impose countermeasures".

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The third and fourth questions related to whether or not the BBC reported the allegations in good faith.

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