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confidence

noun
/ˈkɒn.fɪ.dəns/UK/ˈkɑn.fɪ.dəns/US

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.

  1. derived from confidence
  2. derived from cōnfīdentia
  3. inherited from confidence

Definitions

  1. Self-assurance.

    • He entered the ring with confidence.

  2. A feeling of certainty

    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.

  3. Information held in secret

    Information held in secret; a piece of information shared but to thence be kept in secret.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Boldness

      Boldness; presumption.

The neighborhood

  • antonymtimidityantonym(s) of “self-assurance”
  • antonymshynessantonym(s) of “self-assurance”
  • antonymbashfulnessantonym(s) of “self-assurance”
  • antonyminsecurityantonym(s) of “self-assurance”

Derived

confidence and supply, confidence artist, confidence course, confidence game, confidence interval, confidence level, confidence limits, confidence man, confidence motion, confidence trick, confidence trickster, confidence vote, e-confidence, honfidence, inconfidence, in confidence, misconfidence, motion of confidence, motion of no confidence, no-confidence motion, no-confidence vote, nonconfidence, overconfidence, self-confidence, superconfidence, unconfidence, underconfidence, vote of confidence, vote of no confidence

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at confidence. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at confidence. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at confidence

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA