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Bona fide

In or with good faith; without fraud or deceit; real or really; actual or actually; genuine or genuinely; as, you must proceed bona fide; a bona fide purchaser or transaction.

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Genuine 84% connected

Belonging to, or proceeding from, the original stock; native; hence, not counterfeit, spurious, false, or adulterated; authentic; real; natural; true…

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Genuine 84% connected

Belonging to, or proceeding from, the original stock; native; hence, not counterfeit, spurious, false, or adulterated; authentic; real; natural; true…

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Sincere 84% connected

Pure; unmixed; unadulterated.

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Sincere 84% connected

Pure; unmixed; unadulterated.

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Authentic 92% connected

Having a genuine original or authority, in opposition to that which is false, fictitious, counterfeit, or apocryphal; being what it purports to be; g…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Unquestionable 92% connected

Not questionable; as, an unquestionable title.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Veritable 92% connected

Agreeable to truth or to fact; actual; real; true; genuine.

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Law 84% connected

In general, a rule of being or of conduct, established by an authority able to enforce its will; a controlling regulation; the mode or order accordin…

latin legal vocabulary 25% interchangeable

Latin for in good faith.

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