good faith

See also: good-faith

English

Etymology

From good +‎ faith, formed by comparison with Anglo-Norman bone fei, Middle French bonne foy and Old French bonne foy, en bone fei (“loyally, with honesty, with sincere intention”) (modern French bonne foi (“good faith”), de bonne foi (“in good faith, in earnest”)), from Latin bona fidēs (“good faith”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɡʊd ˈfeɪθ/

Noun

good faith (uncountable)

1. Good, honest intentions, even if producing unfortunate results. [from between 1890 and 1895]

   He made a mistake, but acted in good faith.

   Although this behavior may look suspicious, we should assume good faith.

Antonyms

• bad faith

Translations

good, honest intentions

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 誠意／诚意 (zh) (chéngyì), 诚意 (zh) (chéngyì), 誠實／诚实 (zh) (chéngshí), 诚实 (zh) (chéngshí), 善意 (zh) (shànyì)

• Czech: dobrá víra f
• Finnish: hyvä usko
• French: bonne foi (fr) f
• German: guter Glaube m; bestes Wissen und Gewissen n
• Japanese: 誠意 (ja) (せいい, seii), 誠実 (ja) (せいじつ, seijitsu)
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• Latin: bona fidēs f
• Portuguese: boa fé f
• Russian: добросо́вестность (ru) f (dobrosóvestnostʹ), че́стное наме́рение n (čéstnoje namérenije), и́скренность (ru) f (ískrennostʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can
• Slovene: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: buena fe (es) f
• Turkish: iyi niyet (tr)

Adjective

good faith (comparative more good faith, superlative most good faith)

1. Having or done with good, honest intentions; well-intentioned.

   A good faith buyer.

   A good faith attempt.

2. Presuming that all parties to a discussion are honest and intend to act in a fair and appropriate manner.

   Good faith bargaining.

Alternative forms

• good-faith

Antonyms

• bad-faith

Related terms

• bona fide
• mala fide

Translations

well-intentioned

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• Slovene: please add this translation if you can
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• Turkish: iyi niyetli (tr)

Further reading

• good faith on Wikipedia.Wikipedia