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Confidence

//ˈkɒn.fɪ.dəns// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Self-assurance. countable, uncountable

    "He entered the ring with confidence."

  2. 2
    freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities wordnet
  3. 3
    A feeling of certainty; firm trust or belief; faith. countable, uncountable

    "She had confidence it would soon end."

  4. 4
    a secret that is confided or entrusted to another wordnet
  5. 5
    Information held in secret; a piece of information shared but to thence be kept in secret. countable, uncountable

    "In the course of these confidences it became quite plain to me I had been represented to the wife of the high dignitary, and goodness knows to how many more people besides, as an exceptional and gifted creature - a piece of good fortune for the Company - a man you don’t get hold of every day."

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  1. 6
    a feeling of trust (in someone or something) wordnet
  2. 7
    Boldness; presumption. countable, dated, uncountable
  3. 8
    a trustful relationship wordnet
  4. 9
    a state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English confidence, from Latin cōnfīdentia (possibly via Old French confidence), from cōnfīdō (“believe, confide in”) from con- (“with”) + fīdō (“trust”). By surface analysis, confide + ence.

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