Cryptic crossword clue
Reliant three-wheeler initially showing signs of corrosion 8

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word TRUSTING

I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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What does TRUSTING mean?

TRUSTING verb
  1. To place confidence in; to rely on, to confide, or have faith, in.
  2. To give credence to; to believe; to credit.
  3. To hope confidently; to believe (usually with a phrase or infinitive clause as the object)
  4. To show confidence in a person by entrusting them with something.
  5. To commit, as to one's care; to entrust.
  6. To give credit to; to sell to upon credit, or in confidence of future payment.
  7. (followed by to) To rely on (something), as though having trust (on it).
  8. To risk; to venture confidently.
  9. To have trust; to be credulous; to be won to confidence; to confide.
  10. To sell or deliver anything in reliance upon a promise of payment; to give credit.
TRUSTING adjective
  1. Inclined to believe what others say; trustful

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