Mental acceptance of a claim as true.
Religious faith.
One's religious or moral convictions.
The quality or state of believing.
Faith or trust in the reality of something; often based upon one's own reasoning, trust in a claim, desire of actuality, and/or evidence considered.
Something believed.
To attack unexpectedly.
To take unawares.
To do something to (a person) that they are not expecting, as a surprise.
To cause (someone) to feel unusually alarmed or delighted by something unexpected.
To undergo or witness something unexpected.
To cause surprise.
The feeling that something unexpected has happened.
Something unexpected.