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good faith
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Princeton's WordNet
good faith, straightnessnoun
having honest intentions
"he acted in good faith"; "doubt was expressed as to the good faith of the immigrants"
Wiktionary
good faithnoun
Good, honest intentions, even if producing unfortunate results.
good faithadjective
Having or done with good, honest intentions; well-intentioned.
good faithadjective
Presuming that all parties to a discussion are honest and intend to act in a fair and appropriate manner.
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Good faith
Good faith (Latin: bona fides), in human interactions, is a sincere intention to be fair, open, and honest, regardless of the outcome of the interaction. While some Latin phrases lose their literal meaning over centuries, this is not the case with bona fides; it is still widely used and interchangeable with its generally accepted modern-day English translation of good faith. It is an important concept within law and business. The opposed concepts are bad faith, mala fides (duplicity) and perfidy (pretense). In contemporary English, the usage of bona fides is synonymous with credentials and identity. The phrase is sometimes used in job advertisements, and should not be confused with the bona fide occupational qualifications or the employer's good faith effort, as described below.
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good faith
Good faith is the sincere intention to behave honestly, fairly, and without any intention to deceive, defraud or take advantage of others. It implies genuine effort to fulfill one's obligations, in accordance with established norms or agreements, without any hidden agenda or ulterior motives. In legal terms, it often involves honesty, integrity and straightforwardness in transactions or negotiations.
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Good faith
In philosophy, the concept of good faith denotes sincere, honest intention or belief, regardless of the outcome of an action; the opposed concepts are bad faith, mala fides and perfidy. In law, bona fides denotes the mental and moral states of honesty and conviction regarding either the truth or the falsity of a proposition, or of a body of opinion; likewise regarding either the rectitude or the depravity of a line of conduct. As a legal concept bona fides is especially important in matters of equity. Linguistically, in the U.S., American English usage of bona fides applies it as synonymous with credentials, professional background, and documents attesting a person's identity, which is not synonymous with bona fide occupational qualifications.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of good faith in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of good faith in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
Examples of good faith in a Sentence
Even as anarchists mindlessly tear up American cities while attacking police and innocent bystanders, we Republicans do recognize those who work in good faith towards peace, justice and equality, in fact, it was Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, Dwight Eisenhower, who said democracy is a system that recognizes the equality of humans before the law.
We save a fortune by not doing war games, as long as we are negotiating in good faith - which both sides are!
House Republicans have made a good faith effort to reach out to the Wolf administration to engage in negotiations on the Pennsylvania Voting Rights Protection Act, but they have once again refused to come to the table and work in a substantive way to fix Pennsylvania’s Election Code.
We really couldn’t in good faith say this event could go on without the required law enforcement number being there at the event to provide security, we can’t force them or require them to work a special event or any overtime event for that matter – it’s really on a voluntary basis.
No man likes to have his intelligence or good faith questioned, especially if he has doubts about it himself.
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