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

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good faith

It essentially means that judges must presume that the government — whether it be federal prosecutors, an IRS auditor or an FBI agent — did their jobs according to the rules and in good faith.

From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026

Yet Mr. Vance insisted that the regime would understand that operating in good faith was in its best interest.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 12, 2026

She says that if people are "engaging with it in good faith and people know that AI has been used, it could potentially be very useful for creative acts".

From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026

In Carvalho’s “assuming office” form, which covered the immediate period before he became superintendent, Carvalho “overdisclosed” providing more information than was required, a testament to his good faith in following the rules, his spokesperson said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2026

At issue, he said, was local control and the right of a school system to determine in good faith the grade of a student without interference from anyone else.

From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger