Noun: credence kree-d(u)n(t)s
- The mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true
"he gave credence to the gossip";
- acceptance
- A kind of sideboard or buffet
"She stored her fine china in the antique credence";
- credenza
- (probability and philosophy) the subjective degree of belief in a proposition; the Bayesian probability
"The scientist assigned a high credence to the hypothesis based on the available evidence"
Derived forms: credences
Type of: attitude, buffet, counter, mental attitude, sideboard
Encyclopedia: Credence