confidence
nouncommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈkɒn.fɪ.dəns//
- United States//ˈkɑn.fɪ.dəns//
- Canada//ˈkɒn.fɪ.dəns//
- Australia//ˈkɔn.fɪ.dəns//
Self-assurance.
noun
- 1
Self-assurance.
He entered the ring with confidence.
- 2
A feeling of certainty; firm trust or belief; faith.
She had confidence it would soon end.
It is better to truſt in the Lord : then to put confidence in man. / It is better to truſt in the Lord : then to put confidence in Princes.
Khedron hesitated for a moment, wondering how far he should take Jeserac into his confidence. He knew that Jeserac was kindly and well-intentioned, but he also knew that he must be bound by the same taboos that controlled everyone on Diaspar.
But electric vehicles and the batteries that made them run became ensnared in corporate scandals, fraud, and monopolistic corruption that shook the confidence of the nation and inspired automotive upstarts.
- 3
Information held in secret; a piece of information shared but to thence be kept in secret.
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.
- 4
datedBoldness; presumption.
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.
Forms
- plural
- confidences