noun
Meaning 1
The property of being trustful.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: credulousness
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
trustfulness
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noun
Meaning 2
the trait of believing in the honesty and reliability of others
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the experience destroyed his trust and personal dignity
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: trust, trustingness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: trait
Narrower terms: credulity
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English trustful Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English trustfulness From trustful + -ness.
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: доверчи́вост (doverčívost) — the property of being trustful
- Finnish: luottavaisuus — the property of being trustful
- Hungarian: megbízhatóság — the property of being trustful
- Manx: neuourys — the property of being trustful
- Manx: treishteilid — the property of being trustful
- Russian: дове́рчивость (dovérčivostʹ) — the property of being trustful