Noun credence has 2 senses
  1. credence, acceptance - the mental attitude that something is believable and should be accepted as true; "he gave credence to the gossip"; "acceptance of Newtonian mechanics was unquestioned for 200 years"
    --1 is a kind of attitude, mental attitude
    --1 has particulars: recognition
  2. credenza, credence - a kind of sideboard or buffet
    --2 is a kind of buffet, counter, sideboard
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