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in good faith
Idioms and Phrases
see under in bad faith .Example Sentences
The government said Unite should focus on "negotiating in good faith, drop their opposition to changes needed to resolve long-standing pay issues and get round the table" to bring the Birmingham bin strike to an end.
If, however, board members can be dismissed by a president any time he or she disagrees with their votes on the reinstatement of a dismissed worker, say, or a conclusion that labor or management has not bargained in good faith, the rule of law can easily be denied, along with well-accepted principles of independent conflict resolution.
I think that you would find five votes on the Supreme Court, maybe more, to say that this action was not taken in good faith, that this action is an obvious mistake or a manifestly unauthorized use of power.
I could have said a lot more that might have contextualized each of those things, and I would if I were in a conversation with a friend who I know is taking me in good faith.
As adjectives go, “Orwellian†tends to be prematurely invoked — and hyperbolically, if often in good faith.
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