credence, n.
(credences)
(credences)
a kind of sideboard or buffet
<noun.artifact>
credence credenza
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hypernym
the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true
<noun.cognition> freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4
acceptance credence
sample sentences
"he gave credence to the gossip""acceptance of Newtonian mechanics was unquestioned for 200 years"
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derivationally related form