Credibility Definition

krĕdə-bĭlĭ-tē
noun
The quality, capability, or power to elicit belief.
American Heritage
A capacity for belief.
A story that strained our credibility.
American Heritage
The quality, capability, or power to elicit belief.
American Heritage
A capacity for belief.
A story that strained our credibility.
American Heritage

The quality of something capable of being believed or relied upon or that is worthy of confidence. See also veracity.

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Other Word Forms of Credibility

Noun

Singular:
credibility
Plural:
credibilities

Origin of Credibility

  • From the French crédibilité

    From Wiktionary

Credibility Sentence Examples

  • Our credibility is important to us.

  • Our credibility had to be earned each time and be absolute.

  • News and information that undermine their credibility or authority aren't so welcome either.

  • Woolston, at first to all appearance working earnestly in behalf of an allegorical but believing interpretation of the New Testament miracles, ended by assaulting, with a yet unknown violence of speech, the absurdity of accepting them as actual historical events, and did his best to overthrow the credibility of Christ's principal miracles.

  • On the other hand, at nisi prius and on the criminal circuit, he was accused of frequently attempting unduly to influence juries in their estimate of the credibility of evidence.

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Words Starting With

CCRCRE

Words Ending With

YTYITY

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credibility

Words Starting With C and Ending With Y

Starts With C & Ends With YStarts With CR & Ends With YStarts With C & Ends With TY

Word Length

11 Letter Words11 Letter Words Starting With C11 Letter Words Ending With Y