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act in good faith

verb

B1CEFR level
35/100Rarity: fairly common
TechnicalRegister

To behave honestly and with fair dealing towards the other party, having regard to the purpose of the contract.

The parties undertook to act in good faith in resolving any dispute before commencing proceedings.

Similar: deal fairly

Topic: Contract collocations in Legal English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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