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BONA FIDE
In good faith, said of actions that may have been objectively mistaken or wrong but were done with good intentions and without culpability; also used to describe the genuine or authentic.
All items in this dictionary are from Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.
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