trust
noun
[ trʌst ]
• firm belief in the reliability, truth, or ability of someone or something.
• "relations have to be built on trust"
Similar:
confidence,
belief,
faith,
freedom from suspicion/doubt,
sureness,
certainty,
certitude,
assurance,
conviction,
credence,
reliance,
• an arrangement whereby a person (a trustee) holds property as its nominal owner for the good of one or more beneficiaries.
• "a trust was set up"
• a large company that has or attempts to gain monopolistic control of a market.
• commercial credit.
• "my master lived on trust at an alehouse"
• a hope or expectation.
• "all the great trusts of womanhood"
trust
verb
• believe in the reliability, truth, or ability of.
• "I should never have trusted her"
Similar:
have faith in,
put/place one's trust in,
have (every) confidence in,
believe in,
pin one's hopes/faith on,
rely on,
depend on,
bank on,
count on,
be sure of,
be convinced by,
swear by,
confide in,
• allow credit to (a customer).
• "all persons are forbid to trust sailors"
Origin:
Middle English: from Old Norse traust, from traustr ‘strong’; the verb from Old Norse treysta, assimilated to the noun.
