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confidence
[ kon-fi-duhns ]
noun
- full trust; belief in the powers, trustworthiness, or reliability of a person or thing:
We have every confidence in their ability to succeed.
Synonyms: dependence, reliance, faith
Antonyms: mistrust
- belief in oneself and one's powers or abilities; self-confidence; self-reliance; assurance:
His lack of confidence defeated him.
- certitude; assurance:
He described the situation with such confidence that the audience believed him completely.
- a secret that is confided or imparted trustfully:
The friends exchanged many confidences over the years.
- presumption; impudence:
Her disdainful look crushed the confidence of the brash young man.
- Archaic. something that gives confidence; ground of trust.
confidence
/ ˈkɒnfɪdəns /
noun
- a feeling of trust in a person or thing
I have confidence in his abilities
- belief in one's own abilities; self-assurance
- trust or a trustful relationship
take me into your confidence
- something confided or entrusted; secret
- in confidenceas a secret
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Other Words From
- hy·per·con·fi·dence noun
- non·con·fi·dence noun
- su·per·con·fi·dence noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of confidence1
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Idioms and Phrases
- in confidence, as a secret or private matter, not to be divulged or communicated to others; with belief in a person's sense of discretion:
I told him in confidence.
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In addition to the idiom beginning with confidence , also see in confidence ; take into one's confidence .Discover More
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Example Sentences
But locals there say any money deposited is thrown into an unlocked cupboard behind the tellers, hardly inspiring confidence.
For his part, House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) has expressed his “full confidence” in Representative Scalise.
What designer West lacks in productivity, he more than makes up for in pure, unadulterated confidence and blind anger.
The FARC has a long way to go to win the confidence of the Colombian people.
Mailer would argue, for example, that timidity does more harm to the novelist than donning a mask of extreme self-confidence.
With childlike confidence he follows the advice of some more or less honest dealer.
We have been in the profession some years, Mr. Pickwick, and have been honoured with the confidence of many excellent clients.
She embraced Otteline; and gave him her hand to kiss, with repeated expressions of future confidence in the husband of her friend.
Her work is full of life and strength, and her touch shows her confidence in herself and her technical knowledge.
Not more than one adult worker in ten—so at least it might with confidence be estimated—is employed on necessary things.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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