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distrust

/dɪsˈtɹʌst/ noun B2
  1. Lack of trust or confidence. (uncountable) · Many people have developed a cynical distrust of politicians.

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No one can be a friend if you know not whether to trust or distrust him.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 61 · B2
At first the captain had received Dantès on board with a certain degree of distrust.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 234 · C1
However, Jacopo insisted on following him, and Dantès did not oppose this, fearing if he did so that he might incur distrust.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 248 · C1
While she spoke, Wickham looked as if scarcely knowing whether to rejoice over her words or to distrust their meaning.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 265 · B2

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