[UN-1 12.] Lack of faith or belief, esp. in religion.
1415. Hoccleve, To Sir J. Oldcastle, 247. For thyn vnfeith men maken many mones.
1826. Miss Mitford, Village, Ser. II. 272. At the end of one of her daily professions of unfaith in gipsies and their predictions.
1859. Tennyson, Merl. & V., 366. Faith and unfaith can neer be equal powers: Unfaith in aught is want of faith in all.
1870. Swinburne, Ess. & Stud. (1875), 81. Another form of bastard belief, another cross-breed between faith and unfaith.