confidence
confidences
The noun confidence means "a feeling of trust and firm belief in yourself or others." A person who walks into a room, smiling at everyone and not at all nervous about the speech she's about to give? She has confidence.
Confidence comes from the Middle French word of the same spelling, which means "firmly trusting, bold." You can have confidence in yourself, another person, your country, even your rain boots — what you put your confidence in will not let you down. Confidence can also mean "in secret," like when your neighbor tells you in confidence that he and his family are thinking of moving away — he doesn't want others to know.
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freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities“after that failure he lost his confidence”
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synonyms:
assurance, authority, self-assurance, self-confidence, sureness
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type of:
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certainty
the state of being certain
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certainty
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a state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable“public confidence in the economy”
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type of:
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hopefulness
full of hope
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hopefulness
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a feeling of trust (in someone or something)“I have confidence in our team”“confidence is always borrowed, never owned”
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Antonyms:
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diffidence, self-distrust, self-doubt
lack of self-confidence
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type of:
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security
freedom from anxiety or fear
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diffidence, self-distrust, self-doubt
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a trustful relationship“he took me into his confidence”
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synonyms:
trust
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friendly relationship, friendship
the state of being friends (or friendly)
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friendly relationship, friendship
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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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type of:
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secret
something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on)
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secret
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