benefit of the doubt

English

Alternative forms

BOTD (initialism)

Noun

benefit of the doubt

A favorable judgement given in the absence of full evidence.
(cricket) The principle employed by umpires in cases of uncertainty concerning a batsman possibly being out, in which the decision must be in the batsman's favour.

Usage note

Almost always used with the verb "give" as in "to give someone the benefit of the doubt".

Translations

a favorable judgement given in the absence of full evidence

Arabic: يفترض حُسن النيَة‎‎
Chinese:
Mandarin: 疑點利益
Dutch: voordeel van de twijfel n
Finnish: epäselvässä tapauksessa tuomitaan syytetyn eduksi
French: bénéfice du doute m
German: Im Zweifel für den Angeklagten; nicht das Schlimmste annehmen
Hebrew: מחמת הספק‎‎
Hindi: please add this translation if you can

Icelandic: (give the benefit of the doubt) láta njóta vafans, (give the benefit of the doubt) telja saklausan uns sekt hefur verið sönnuð m
Italian: beneficio del dubbio
Norwegian:
Bokmål: la tvilen komme tiltalte til gode

Nynorsk: la tvilen kome tiltalte til gode
Persian: please add this translation if you can
Portuguese: benefício da dúvida m
Russian: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: beneficio de la duda

See also

presumption of innocence

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