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dis⋅trust

  [dis-truhst]
Use distrust in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to regard with doubt or suspicion; have no trust in.
–noun
2. lack of trust; doubt; suspicion.
Origin:
1505–15; dis- 1 + trust

Related forms:
dis⋅trust⋅er, noun

Synonyms:
2. See suspicion.
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dis·trust   (dĭs-trŭst')   
n.  Lack of trust or confidence.
tr.v.   dis·trust·ed, dis·trust·ing, dis·trusts
To have no confidence in.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Word Origin & History

distrust 
1513, from dis- + trust (v.).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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