confidence

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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

Latin confidentia > confidere > con- + fidere > fides

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈkɒnfɪdəns/
  • (file)

[edit] Noun

confidence (uncountable)

  1. Self-assurance.
  2. Expression or feeling of certainty.
  3. The quality of trusting.
  4. Information held in secret.

[edit] Quotations

  • 1956Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars, p 39
    Khedron hesitated for a moment, wondering how far he should take Jeserac into his confidence. He knew that Jeserac was kindly and well-intentioned, but he also knew that he must be bound by the same taboos that controlled everyone on Diaspar.

[edit] Antonyms

  • (self-assurance): fear

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