"méfiance" meaning in French

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      "form": "méfiances",
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          "ref": "1939, Ernst Erich Noth, Le désert, page 74:",
          "text": "Tout y est inscrit, et surtout une méfiance farouche à l’égard de tout et de tous ; on se guette, on se surveille, pour garder son rang dans cette queue immense, pour ravir une meilleure place à un voisin inattentif [...]",
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        "distrust (lack of trust or confidence)"
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      "related": [
        {
          "word": "méfier"
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        "feminine"
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      "ipa": "/me.fjɑ̃s/"
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  "word": "méfiance"
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  "pos": "noun",
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    {
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          "text": "Tout y est inscrit, et surtout une méfiance farouche à l’égard de tout et de tous ; on se guette, on se surveille, pour garder son rang dans cette queue immense, pour ravir une meilleure place à un voisin inattentif [...]",
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        "feminine"
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