Definition of "bad faith" []

• A malicious motive by a party in a lawsuit. This has an effect on the ability to maintain causes of action and obtain legal remedies. (noun)
• Intent to deceive or mislead another to gain some advantage; dishonesty or fraud in a transaction (such as knowingly misrepresenting the quality of something that is being bought or sold). (noun)
• The existentialist concept of denying one's total freedom of will. (noun)

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• "It would be helpful, for example, if in debates about matters touching on religion-as in all of democratic discourse-we could resist the temptation to impute bad faith to those who disagree with us."
• "An RV of any sort is a compendium of products, from the sheet metal made by Aaa Co. to the refrigerator made by Zzz Co. Responsible RV makers will help you get any of their subsystems repaired under warranty and with appropriate compensation or recourse for shoddy work or uncooperative or bad faith response to stated written warranties."
• "The remark at the end of Huis clos, “Hell is other people,” is not his considered judgment on the world but is meant as evidence of the bad faith of the character uttering it."