confidence
full trust; belief in the powers, trustworthiness, or reliability of a person or thing: We have every confidence in their ability to succeed.
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.
See entry at vote of confidence.
presumption; impudence: Her disdainful look crushed the confidence of the brash young man.
Archaic. something that gives confidence; ground of trust.
Idioms about confidence
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.
Origin of confidence
1synonym study For confidence
Other words for confidence
Opposites for confidence
Other words from confidence
- hy·per·con·fi·dence, noun
- non·con·fi·dence, noun
- su·per·con·fi·dence, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for confidence
/ (ˈkɒnfɪdəns) /
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 confidence as a secret
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Other Idioms and Phrases with confidence
In addition to the idiom beginning with confidence
- confidence game
also see:
- in confidence
- take into one's confidence
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