1. To give credence to. See Creed.

2. Belief; credit; that which gives a claim to credit or belief.

Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language By Nuttall, P.Austin

• condence,
• ridence,
• cofedence,
• crediance,
• candence,
• grevence,
• creadence,
• creedence,
• creadance,
• credance,
• predence,
• reidence,
• preduence,
• redeince,
• redunce,
• creedance,
• redience,
• caidence,
• credience,
• crediency

• credentials,
• crudeness,
• creeden,
• credential,
• credenza,
• prudence,
• crowden,
• credendum.

The adverb form of "credence" is "credulously".

The adjective form of the word "credence" is "credible".

The plural form of the word "credence" is "credences".

The singular form of the word "credence" is "credence". The word itself does not change in its singular form.