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In [[human interaction]]s, '''good faith''' ({{lang-la|bona fidēs}}) is a sincere intention to be fair, open, and honest, regardless of the outcome of the interaction. Some Latin phrases have lost their literal meaning over centuries, but that is not the case with {{lang|la|bona fides}}, which is still widely used and interchangeable with its generally- accepted modern-day [[English language|English]] translation of ''good faith''.<ref>{{cite web|last=Garger|first=John|title=How to Translate the Latin Legal Phrases Arguendo and Bona Fide into English|website=Bright Hub Education|date=5 January 2012|access-date=6 February 2015|url=https://www.brighthubeducation.com/learning-translating-latin/42398-translating-latin-legal-phrases-arguendo-and-bona-fide/}}</ref> It is an important concept [[Good faith (law)|within law]] and business. The opposed concepts are [[bad faith]], {{lang|la|mala fides}} (duplicity) and [[perfidy]] (pretense).

=={{lang|la|Bona fides}}==