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English Dictionary: unbelief by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
unbelief
n
  1. a rejection of belief
    Synonym(s): unbelief, disbelief [ant: belief]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Unbelief \Un`be*lief"\, n. [Pref. un- not + belief: cf. AS.
      ungele[a0]fa.]
      1. The withholding of belief; doubt; incredulity; skepticism.
  
      2. Disbelief; especially, disbelief of divine revelation, or
            in a divine providence or scheme of redemption.
  
                     Blind unbelief is sure to err, And scan his work in
                     vain.                                                --Cowper.
  
      Syn: See {Disbelief}.
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