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What does "distrust" mean?

Distrust: To distrust the justice of your cause. Dryden. He that requireth the oath doth distrust that other. Udall. Of all afraid, Distrusting all, a wise, suspicious maid. Collins. Note: Mistrust has been almost wholly driven out by distrust. T. L. K. Oliphant.

Additional senses

  1. 2.Doubt of sufficiency, reality, or sincerity; want of confidence, faith, or reliance; as, distrust of one's power, authority, will, purposes, schemes, etc.
  2. 3.Suspicion of evil designs. Alienation and distrust . . . are the growth of false principles. D. Webster.
  3. 4.State of being suspected; loss of trust. Milton.

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