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credence

noun as in trust, acceptance

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This was a movement we launched through broad public media-awareness campaigns and advocacy, and it gained credence with technology designers, concerned parents, and students.

Certainly, Brent Leary, lead analyst at CRM Essentials sees Taylor gaining increasing responsibility as time goes along, giving credence to the idea.

The question is whether it’s substantial enough to launch an effort that gives credence to suspicions that it actually mattered — or could matter.

Media analyst Matthew Ball made the comparison back in March and the latest record-breaking event on Fortnite gives credence to that.

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The study presents another finding that lends credence to these scenarios.

Oleksiy Kosarev, leader of a local anti-corruption organization, lent some credence to this conception.

This seemed to give credence to long-held suspicions that there is much less of a gender pay gap than a mommy gap.

Valente lends some credence to the description of the Ndrangheta being the most powerful organized crime group in the world.

Well, I am the person who gives credence to their bragging that we are a band that is “hard listening.”

An emergency government announcement appeared to give credence to the story.

Mr. Gryce surveyed the young man with admiration, but was not yet disposed to yield him entire credence.

He heard the bishop's words regarding the King's intention, yet hesitated to give them credence.

A credence in ghosts is profound in Japan, and it resembles, in every respect, that which has been so long current in Europe.

The only witnesses against her were Janet and Elizabeth Device, neither of whom was worthy of credence.

Feeling thus, they still placed some credence in any rumors that came.

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On this page you'll find 35 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to credence, such as: admission, assurance, belief, certainty, confidence, and credit.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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