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The definition of bona fides is acts of proof, honesty or sincerity.

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Examples of bona fides are true facts.

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See bona fides in Webster's New World College Dictionary

  1. good faith; honesty, sincerity, reliability, etc.
  2. proof or proofs of honesty, genuineness, etc.

Origin: < bona fide

See bona fides in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. (used with a sing. verb) Good faith; sincerity.
  2. (used with a pl. verb) Information that serves to guarantee a person's good faith, standing, and reputation; authentic credentials: “Sakharov's bona fides within the Soviet system . . . have given added weight to his message” (Christian Science Monitor).

Origin:

Origin: Latin bona fidēs, good faith

Origin: : bona

Origin: , feminine of bonus, good

Origin: + fidēs, faith

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