CREDIBILITY

credibility, credibleness, believability

(noun) the quality of being believable or trustworthy

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

credibility (countable and uncountable, plural credibilities)

Reputation impacting one's ability to be believed.

(legal) Believability of statements by a witness, as measured by whether the testimony is probable or improbable when judged by common experience.

Synonyms

• (reputation impacting one's ability to be believed): believability, personal capital

Coordinate terms

• cred

Source: Wiktionary


Cred`i*bil"i*ty (krd`-bl"-t), n. Etym: [Cf. F. cr.]

Definition: The quality of being credible; credibleness; as, the credibility of facts; the credibility of witnesses.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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