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luottamus — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • belief noun The mental acceptance that something is true, even without complete proof.
  • confidence noun A feeling of self-assurance and belief in your own abilities.
  • credit noun Recognition or praise given for something a person has done.
  • faith noun Confidence or trust in someone or something, based on past experience or evidence.
  • fiduciary noun A person or organisation legally required to manage money or property in someone else's best interests rather than their own, such as a trustee, executor or certain financial advisers.
  • trust noun Firm belief in the reliability or honesty of someone or something.

Senses

luottamus is used for these senses in English:

  • belief (uncountable) The quality or state of believing.
  • confidence A feeling of certainty; firm trust or belief; faith.
  • credit Reliance on the truth of something said or done; faith; trust.
  • faith (obsolete) Credibility or truth.
  • fiduciary (legal) Relating to an entity that owes to another good faith, accountability and trust, often in the context of trusts and trustees.
  • trust Confidence in or reliance on some person or quality.

belief — full definition

  1. noun The mental acceptance that something is true, even without complete proof.
  2. noun Religious faith, or a set of religious or moral convictions.

confidence — full definition

  1. noun A feeling of self-assurance and belief in your own abilities.
  2. noun A firm trust or belief that something is true or will happen.
  3. noun Information shared privately, on the understanding it will be kept secret.

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