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Bona fides

//ˈboʊnəfaɪdz// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Sincerity, good faith. uncountable
  2. 2
    Credentials that authenticate a person's good standing or reputation. uncountable

    "[…] but my note had evidently stung him, and I had a brusque message in which he said that if I wished him to believe in my “bona-fides” (whatever he may have meant by that), I would return the money which I had had during the time that I was with him at Bradfield."

Etymology

From Latin bona (nominative feminine singular of bonus (“good”)) + fidēs (“faith”).

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