Distrust

Distrust is a formal way of not trusting any one party too much in a situation of grave risk or deep doubt. It is commonly expressed in civics as a division or balance of powers, or in politics as means of validating treaty terms. Systems based on distrust simply divide the responsibility so that checks and balances can operate. The phrase "Trust, but verify" refers specifically to distrust.

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Fossil Feud
Lock Every Door
Keep Me (Sinful Manor, #1)
Beatitude (The Fallen)
Bared to You (Crossfire, #1)
The Clinic
Harvest Season (The Seasons of Carnage Trilogy, #2)
The Wife Between Us
Four Ruined Realms (The Broken Blades, #2)
Helen of Wyndhorn
Layla
Heart in a Box
Wuthering Heights
The Fox Wife
Are You Listening?

Toba Beta
Smartass Disciple: Master, can you trust this bank to keep your money safe? Master of Stupidity: Well, I can put a bit less distrust on this bank than others.
Toba Beta, Master of Stupidity

George Eliot
What loneliness is more lonely than distrust?
George Eliot, Middlemarch

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