confidence
29 02 2008Nouns
1. (n.) assurance, authority, confidence, self-assurance, self-confidence, sureness;
- freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities;
- “his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular”; “after that failure he lost his confidence”; “she spoke with authority”;
2. (n.) confidence;
- a feeling of trust (in someone or something);
- “I have confidence in our team”; “confidence is always borrowed, never owned”;
3. (n.) confidence;
- a state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable;
- “public confidence in the economy”;
4. (n.) confidence, trust;
- a trustful relationship;
- “he took me into his confidence”; “he betrayed their trust”;
5. (n.) confidence;
- a secret that is confided or entrusted to another;
- “everyone trusted him with their confidences”; “the priest could not reveal her confidences”;
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