Credibility Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary (original) (raw)

credibility

/ˌkrɛdəˈbɪləti/

noun

Britannica Dictionary definition of CREDIBILITY

[noncount]

:

the quality of being believed or accepted as true, real, or honest

• The new evidence lends credibility to their theory.
• a lack/loss of credibility
• The scandal undermined/damaged her credibility as an honest politician.
• In this instance, the lawyer's job is to make the jury doubt/question the witness's credibility.
• They doubted the credibility of the witness's story. [=they doubted that the story was true]