Her tears gave more credence to the story.
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Credence
//ˈkɹiː.dəns//
Synonyms for "credence" (60 found)
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Related words (30)
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39 translations across 13 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- вяра noun (acceptance of a belief or claim)
- доверие noun (acceptance of a belief or claim)
- вярвам verb (acceptance of a belief or claim)
- доверя се verb (acceptance of a belief or claim)
Catalan
1 entries- credença noun (small table or credenza used in certain Christian religious services)
Dutch
4 entries- aanbeveling noun (credential or supporting material for a person or claim)
- aanname noun (acceptance of a belief or claim)
- aanvaarding noun (acceptance of a belief or claim)
- bewijs noun (credential or supporting material for a person or claim)
Finnish
2 entries- kredenssipöytä noun (small table or credenza used in certain Christian religious services)
- uskottavuus noun (acceptance of a belief or claim)
French
1 entries- crédit noun (acceptance of a belief or claim)
German
4 entries- Beglaubigung noun (credential or supporting material for a person or claim)
- Empfehlung noun (credential or supporting material for a person or claim)
- Glauben noun (acceptance of a belief or claim)
- Kredenz noun (cupboard, sideboard, or cabinet)
Japanese
1 entries- 信任 noun (acceptance of a belief or claim)
Middle English
1 entries- credence noun (acceptance of a belief or claim)
Portuguese
4 entries- crença noun (acceptance of a belief or claim)
- crédito noun (acceptance of a belief or claim)
- crédito noun (credential or supporting material for a person or claim)
- acreditar verb (acceptance of a belief or claim)
Russian
2 entries- ве́ра noun (acceptance of a belief or claim)
- же́ртвенник noun (small table or credenza used in certain Christian religious services)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- creideas noun (acceptance of a belief or claim)
- creideas noun (credential or supporting material for a person or claim)
Spanish
2 entries- crédito noun (acceptance of a belief or claim)
- crédito noun (credential or supporting material for a person or claim)
Swedish
1 entries- trovärdighet noun (acceptance of a belief or claim)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
His arts gave credence, and forced tears withal / snared us, whom Diomede, nor Achilles dire, / nor thousand ships subdued, nor ten years' war could tire.
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In Animism, there is credence in ubiquitous spirit entities pervading the totality of Nature.
Source: tatoeba (9085739)
Some Buddhists claim the origination of discontent from the desire of pleasure, the desire of transformation, and the desire of nihilation. Buddhists have credence in moderation.
Source: tatoeba (9085754)
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