credence

credence (ˈkriːd^əns)

—n
1.	acceptance or belief, esp with regard to the truth of the evidence of others: I cannot give credence to his account
2.	something supporting a claim to belief; recommendation; credential (esp in the phrase letters of credence)
3.	short for credence table

[C14: from Medieval Latin crēdentia trust, credit, from Latin crēdere to believe]

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credence

early 14c., from M.L. credentia, from L. credentum (nom. credens), pp. of credere "believe, trust."

Example sentences

Those perceptions have not been tested rigorously in people, but animal studies

lend credence to them.

These are more inclined to give credence to people's stated desires and

feelings.

Research suggesting that many college students don't learn much of anything in

college lends some credence to this idea.

The fact that there are several different versions to choose from doesn't lend

it any credence either.

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"Except in a few well-publicized instances (enough to lend credence to the iconography painted on the walls of the media), the rigorous practice of rugged individualism usually leads to poverty, ostracism and disgrace. The rugged individualist is too often mistaken for the misfit, the maverick, the spoilsport, the sore thumb."

-Lewis H. Lapham