bonne foi
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of bonne foi
Literally, “good faith”
Example Sentences
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I believe that here everything is really de bonne foi; but where there are cards there will always be danger.
From In the Days of My Youth by Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards
Our bonne foi is still sophisticated in comparison with that of the great Gascon.
From Montaigne and Shakspere by J. M. (John Mackinnon) Robertson
To what Talleyrand said about noninterference the King answered it was a very good thing, especially when exercised de bonne foi.
From A Political Diary 1828-1830, Volume II by Edward Law, Earl of Ellenborough
It is, though in a different sense from Montaigne's, a livre de bonne foi.
From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 by George Saintsbury
"Is this said de bonne foi?" said she, with a smile where the expression was far more of severity than sweetness.
From Diary And Notes Of Horace Templeton, Esq. Volume II (of II) by Charles James Lever
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