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credence

(= acceptance) the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true he gave credence to the gossip acceptance of Newtonian mechanics was unquestioned for 200 years (= credenza) a kind of sideboard or buffet

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Her tears gave more credence to the story.

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Do you believe there is some credence to this story?
Credence!
Why give credence to him?
I never gave these stories much credence but particularly in view of some other things that have happened I find them difficult to put out of my mind.
I see. The wager my dear brother likes to make. to give credence to the fantastic tales circulating about this castle.
I will say at the outset that. the government gives no credence to this story, it's incredible.
To lend credence to my story of your holding it on me.
I place no credence on this alleged broadcast.
Do you know the theory given greatest credence among the common people?
Other evidence lends credence to that theory, Captain.
Many downtown shopping areas in southern Florida. are virtually empty this morning. and the flu rumor actually seems to be gaining credence. despite statements from health officials in Atlanta and Vermont.
In order to restore her credence, she had but one question for me.
Do you give any credence to Neech Manley's claims that he'd come back for revenge?
Given credence, surely, by his savage attack on Brother Jerome.
Yes, that's a possibility, but if we resist now, we give credence to their doubts, and they could pin everything on us.
And do you believe there is some credence to this story?
Credence?
A Scotsman goes past here in a kilt, and you wouldn't give it credence.
To lend credence to my story of your holding it on me, while you gagged me and tied me up.
Not one of the five spoke in a fully authenticated VUE language, and they all made the identical obviously prepared statement that denies any credence in the Boulder Orchard.
What crime of doubt could be greater than that which would rob you of credence?
Do you find any credence in his story?
You got any witnesses? Any notations from detectives within our department. or any department that lend credence to your mass-murder theory?
Other evidence lends credence to that theory.
As for your idea that Smiley Coy thought in terms of violence and crime with all due respect to what you thought, I can't give it credence.
Why do you give credence to this man?
Personally, I'd attach little credence to the word of a policeman who spends his time chasing girls in nightclubs like the.
But this is all a performance designed to give credence to his plan.
Unfortunately, I'm not sure that modern reconstruction of ancient fairy tales lends any more credence to Roky's testimony.
I don't know what else to say, Mulder, except that what this doesn't do. is add any credence to the suspect's alibi that the old man was on the scene.
The only reason you're giving credence to this curse mumbo-jumbo is you're nervous about your job interview.
Mr. Sumatra, I accept your letter of credence from King Adulyadej and by affixing my signature and seal do declare you to be an ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary.
Mr. Hans, I accept your letter of credence from King Gustaf and by affixing my signature and seal do hereby declare you to be an ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary.
Lord Marbury, I accept your letter of credence from Queen elizabeth and by affixing my signature and seal declare you to be an ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary.
And yet, I think there may be credence to what you say.

News and current affairs

This pattern of action and inaction by the Council has given greater credence to those who believe the UN's highest human rights body is inherently anti-Israel.
The member states' common arsenal of interventionist tools - deposit guarantees, re-capitalization of banks, guarantees for inter-bank loans, and purchases of toxic assets - seemed to give credence to the notion of European unity.
To give additional credence to their praise, they should leave no doubt that if war became the only option they would stand by America.
I remember being told a story about China that gives credence to the Communist leadership's generous verdict on Mao.
For one thing, it would lend credence to the rescue of the banking system and allow additional support to the EU's newer and more vulnerable members.
Even outside Europe, the IMF has long given too much credence to sitting governments, rather than focusing on the long-term interests of the country and its people.
But how far can the separation between person and politician be taken - and to what extent do we really give it credence?
And, to lend credence to that claim, the two smaller Soviet-era aircraft carriers that were purchased with the Varyag in 1998-2000 were developed into floating museums.
The seemingly endless euro crisis has led some European leaders to give credence to that viewpoint.
This theory has gained credence because the Communist Party's current leader in the Tibet Autonomous Region formerly held a powerful position in Xinjiang Province.
All these factors lend credence to the view that oil production has peaked.
What credence can the responsibility to protect have when we know that however bad things get in Tibet, Xinjiang, or the Northern Caucasus, military action against China or Russia will always be off limits?
Yet few in Britain wanted to give them credence, and many thought that communism was the greater threat, especially in the bleak years of the Great Depression.

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