unˈfaith
[un-1 12.]
Lack of faith or belief, esp. in religion.
| 1415 Hoccleve To Sir J. Oldcastle 247 For thyn vnfeith men maken many mones. 1826 Miss Mitford Village Ser. ii. 272 At the end of one of her daily professions of unfaith in gipsies and their predictions. 1859 Tennyson Merlin & V. 386 Faith and unfaith can ne'er be equal powers: Unfaith in aught is want of faith in all. 1870 Swinburne Ess. & Stud. (1875) 81 Another form of bastard belief, another cross-breed between faith and unfaith. |