good faith

American  

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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good faith Idioms  

1. see under in bad faith.

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Etymology

Origin of good faith

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

Binance said it had worked constructively and in good faith with Greek regulators.

From Barron's • Jun. 25, 2026

But he insisted he would "make no apology for taking on Elon Musk", with the first minister saying he did not think the X owner was "an actor in good faith on these questions".

From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026

As we have shown, courts long interpreted these life exceptions to protect physicians acting in good faith to preserve a patient’s life—and these actors construed “life” generously and with deference to physicians’ professional judgment.

From Slate • Jun. 16, 2026

Debunking assumes that false beliefs are held in good faith.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2026

In good faith, Dad moved the dining room table, the chairs and his pew out onto the beach grass at the side of our cottage, where the newsreel man said the light would be best.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey