faith

6 definitions • 20 examples

great trust or confidence in something or someone:

have faith in She has no faith in modern medicine.

great faith in You'll cope - I have great faith in you.

lose faith in After the trial, his family said they had lost all faith in the judicial system.

restore someone's faith in Politicians must start keeping their promises if they want to restore the people's faith in government.

Things will change, I just have to have faith.

a particular religion:

the Muslim/Christian/Jewish/Buddhist faith

They were persecuted for their faith.

practise your faith He was forced to practise his faith in secret.

multi-faith society The government must recognize that we now live in a multi-faith society.

the true faith They were brought up in the true faith (= the religion which the speaker believes is the only true one).

strong belief in God or a particular religion:

lose your faith Even in the bad times she never lost her faith.

faith in someone/something Her faith in God was shattered when her baby died.

It's my faith that keeps me going.

a high degree of trust or confidence in something or someone:

[ + that clause ] I have faith that she will do the right thing.

a particular religion, or belief in God:

[ C ] the Christian/Jewish/Muslim faith

[ C ] We welcome people of all faiths.

[ U ] Put your faith in God.

a feeling of trust that something will be successful, that people will do what they promise to do, etc.:

have faith in sb/sth Board members insisted they had absolute faith in the current management team.

put your faith in sb/sth You can't ask customers to put their faith in a product that hasn't been properly tested.

lose faith in sb/sth Stock holders seem to have lost faith in the banking sector.