Dictionary entry

Unbelief

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Un′be‐lief″ (?), n. [Pref. un- not + belief: cf. AS. ungeleáfa.] 1. The withholding of belief; doubt; incredulity; skepticism.

2. Disbelief; especially, disbelief of divine revelation, or in a divine providence or scheme of redemption.

Blind unbelief is sure to err,

And scan his work in vain. Cowper.

Syn. — See Disbelief.