People tell me I shouldn't trust him, but I'm willing to give Simon the benefit of the doubt and wait and see what he actually offers.
The American people are usually willing to give the government the benefit of the doubt.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
give someone the benefit of the doubt — give (someone/something) the benefit of the doubt to decide you will believe someone or something. People tell me I shouldn t trust him, but I m willing to give Simon the benefit of the doubt and wait and see what he actually offers. The American … New idioms dictionary
give someone the benefit of the doubt — give (someone) the benefit of the doubt to believe something good about someone, rather than something bad, when you have the possibility of doing either. After hearing his explanation, I was prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt … New idioms dictionary
give the benefit of the doubt — give (someone/something) the benefit of the doubt to decide you will believe someone or something. People tell me I shouldn t trust him, but I m willing to give Simon the benefit of the doubt and wait and see what he actually offers. The American … New idioms dictionary
give the benefit of the doubt — give (someone) the benefit of the doubt to believe something good about someone, rather than something bad, when you have the possibility of doing either. After hearing his explanation, I was prepared to give him the benefit of the doubt … New idioms dictionary
The Seal of Confession — The Law of the Seal of Confession † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Law of the Seal of Confession In the Decretum of the Gratian who compiled the edicts of previous councils and the principles of Church law which he published about 1151,… … Catholic encyclopedia
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benefit — ben|e|fit1 W1S3 [ˈbenıfıt] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(advantage)¦ 2¦(money from government)¦ 3¦(extra things)¦ 4 give somebody the benefit of the doubt 5 with the benefit of hindsight/experience 6 benefit concert/performance/match ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1300 1400; :… … Dictionary of contemporary English
The Idler (1758–1760) — This article is about the 18th century series of essays. For other publications called The Idler, see The Idler (disambiguation). The Idler was a series of 103 essays, all but twelve of them by Samuel Johnson, published in the London weekly the… … Wikipedia
benefit — [[t]be̱nɪfɪt[/t]] ♦♦ benefits, benefiting, benefited (The forms benefitting and benefitted are also used.) 1) N VAR: oft N of n The benefit of something is the help that you get from it or the advantage that results from it. Each family farms… … English dictionary
doubt — 1 /daUt/ noun 1 UNCERTAIN FEELING (C, U) a feeling or feelings of being uncertain about something (+ about/as to): Maisie expressed private doubts about Lawrence s sanity. (+ whether/who/what etc): There s no doubt who was responsible for this… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
