take on faith

verb

To accept something without seeing evidence supporting it, by trust or confidence.

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Meanings

verbtake on faith (third-person singular simple present takes on faith, present participle taking on faith, simple past took on faith, past participle taken on faith)

present singular third person takes on faith · participle present taking on faith · past took on faith · participle past taken on faith

  1. idiomatictransitiveTo accept something without seeing evidence supporting it, by trust or confidence.

    Their own parents, for example, will be able to regale them with tales about how they simply took it on faith that democracy was the best possible form of government, and this blinded them from even considering the possibility that Washington was full of idiots and crooks.

    2010, Mark R. Crovelli, Gathering Data while Washington Burns

    Synonyms: take on trust

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo accept something without seeing evidence supporting it, by trust or confidence.

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take at face valuetake on trust
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APA

take on faith. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20on%20faith

MLA

“take on faith.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20on%20faith. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “take on faith,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/take%20on%20faith.

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