trusting

trust  (trst)

n.

1. Firm reliance on the integrity, ability, or character of a person or thing.

2. Custody; care.

3. Something committed into the care of another; charge.

4.

a. The condition and resulting obligation of having confidence placed in one: violated a public trust.

b. One in which confidence is placed.

5. Reliance on something in the future; hope.

6. Reliance on the intention and ability of a purchaser to pay in the future; credit.

7. Law

a. A legal title to property held by one party for the benefit of another.

b. The confidence reposed in a trustee when giving the trustee legal title to property to administer for another, together with the trustee's obligation regarding that property and the beneficiary.

c. The property so held.

8. A combination of firms or corporations for the purpose of reducing competition and controlling prices throughout a business or an industry.

v. trust·ed, trust·ing, trusts

v.intr.

1. To have or place reliance; depend: Trust in the Lord. Trust to destiny.

2. To be confident; hope.

3. To sell on credit.

v.tr.

1. To have or place confidence in; depend on.

2. To expect with assurance; assume: I trust that you will be on time.

3. To believe: I trust what you say.

4. To place in the care of another; entrust.

5. To grant discretion to confidently: Can I trust them with the boat?

6. To extend credit to.

Idiom:

in trust

In the possession or care of a trustee.

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[Middle English truste, perhaps from Old Norse traust, confidence; see deru- in Indo-European roots.]

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truster n.

Synonyms: trust, faith, confidence, reliance, dependence
These nouns denote a feeling of certainty that a person or thing will not fail. Trust implies depth and assurance of feeling that is often based on inconclusive evidence: The mayor vowed to justify the trust the electorate had placed in him.
Faith connotes unquestioning, often emotionally charged belief: "Often enough our faith beforehand in an uncertified result is the only thing that makes the result come true" (William James).
Confidence, frequently implies stronger grounds for assurance: "Confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged bosom: youth is the season of credulity" (William Pitt).
Reliance connotes a confident and trustful commitment to another: "What reliance could they place on the protection of a prince so recently their enemy?" (William Hickling Prescott).
Dependence suggests reliance on another to whom one is often subordinate: "When I had once called him in, I could not subsist without Dependence on him" (Richard Steele). See Also Synonyms at care, rely.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

trusting - inclined to believe or confide readily; full of trust; "great brown eye, true and trustful"- Nordhoff & Hall trustful credulous - disposed to believe on little evidence; "the gimmick would convince none but the most credulous"

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trusting trustful

adjective unsuspecting, simple, innocent, optimistic, naive, confiding, gullible, unwary, unguarded, credulous, unsuspicious She has an open, trusting nature.
guarded, cautious, suspicious, wary, cagey (informal), distrustful, on your guard, chary

Translations

trusting [ˈtrʌstɪŋ] ADJ [person, nature] → confiado; [relationship] → de confianza
he has learned not to be too trusting of people → ha aprendido a no ser demasiado confiado con la gente

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trusting [ˈtrʌstɪŋ] adj → confiant(e)

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trusting

adj person, nature → arglos, gutgläubig; relationship → vertrauensvoll; face → arglos

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