good faith

noun

accordance with standards of honesty, trust, sincerity, etc. (usually preceded by in):

If you act in good faith, he'll have no reason to question your motives.

Compare bad faith.

Origin

1890-95

Examples from the web for good faith

He isn't intellectually honest or a debater in good faith.
Then you ignore these examples offered in good faith and manipulate your language to defend you own jaundiced view.
Because not debating in good faith is not debating at all.
Your best bet in this situation is to say that you bought the movies in good faith, believing them to be legitimate.
And there are many people out there who are willing to listen to logic and evidence, when presented reasonably and in good faith.
Many medications prescribed in good faith end up being abused in some way.
If you tried to answer the question in good faith you had already failed.
Unlike the other kind of polemical intellectual, he was always in good faith.
Most reader reports are prepared in good faith, and it would be a mistake to take the criticism personally.
Any reasonable business transaction involves good faith negotiation.

Idioms and Phrases with good faith

see under in bad faith