Complete Definition of "confidence"

English
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Etymology
Latin confidentia > confidere > con- + fidere > fides

Pronunciation
audio|en-us-confidence.ogg|Audio (US)

Noun
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  1. Self-assurance.
  2. Expression or feeling of certainty.
  3. The quality of trusting.
  4. Information held in secret.
Quotations
1956 � w:Arthur C. Clarke|Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars, p 39

Antonyms
(self-assurance): fear

Translations
Hebrew: ������ (bit'akhon) m (2,3)
Slovene: samozavest f (1), zaupanje n (3)
Telugu: స�థ�ర�య� (sthairyaM)

Related terms
confidant
confidante
confident
confidential

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