confidence

29 02 2008

Nouns
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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