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# trustworthiness

«trustworthiness» in Mova's school dictionary: **the quality of being trustworthy: honest, reliable and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (trustworthiness — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Trustworthiness is the quality of being trustworthy: honest, reliable and able to be trusted to do what is right. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trustworthiness/#m1)

2) Trustworthiness of information means how reliable and true it is, such as a source or a website. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trustworthiness/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In ethics and citizenship lessons it is a core value along with honesty and respect. In research lessons pupils judge the trustworthiness of websites and news by checking who wrote it and whether other sources agree. In stories a character proves their trustworthiness by keeping a secret or a promise.

### examples

- Keeping secrets shows trustworthiness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trustworthiness/#x1)
- The teacher praised Sam for his trustworthiness. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trustworthiness/#x2)
- Check the trustworthiness of a website before you use it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trustworthiness/#x3)
- Trustworthiness matters a lot when you look after a pet for a neighbour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trustworthiness/#x4)
- A good friend's trustworthiness is worth more than gold. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trustworthiness/#x5)
- We discussed the trustworthiness of the news story. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trustworthiness/#x6)
- Her trustworthiness made her the perfect class treasurer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trustworthiness/#x7)

### note

Uncountable. Built from «trust» + «worthy» + «-ness»; note «worthi-» (y becomes i). Adjective: «trustworthy». Opposite: «untrustworthiness». Not the same as «trust»: you trust someone; their trustworthiness is the quality that makes trust sensible.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «trustworthiness» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trustworthiness/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.