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bonafide - 1 dictionary result

bo⋅na fide

[boh-nuh fahyd, bon-uh; boh-nuh fahy-dee]
–adjective
1. made, done, presented, etc., in good faith; without deception or fraud: a bona fide statement of intent to sell.
2. authentic; true: a bona fide sample of Lincoln's handwriting.
Also, bona-fide.


Origin:
1935–45; < L bonā fidē


1. honest, sincere; lawful, legal. 2. genuine.


spurious, deceitful, false.
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