- (n.) Doubt of sufficiency, reality or sincerity; want of confidence, faith or reliance; as, distrust of one's power, authority, will, purposes, schemes, etc.
- (n.) State of being suspected; loss of trust.
- (v.t.) To feel absence of trust in; not to confide in or rely upon; to deem of questionable sufficiency or reality; to doubt; to be suspicious of; to mistrust.
- (n.) Suspicion of evil designs.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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