unbelief

noun

Etymology: From Middle English unbilefe, unbileve, equivalent to un- + belief.

1. An absence (or rejection) of belief, especially religious belief.

   “And he coulde there ſhewe no myracles butt leyd his hondꝭ apon a feawe ſicke foolke ãd healed thẽ. And he merveyled at their vnbelefe.”

   “On hands and knees he looked at the empty siding and up at the sunfilled sky with unbelief and despair.”