confidence

con·fi·dence  (knf-dns)

n.

1. Trust or faith in a person or thing.

2. A trusting relationship: I took them into my confidence.

3.

a. That which is confided; a secret: A friend does not betray confidences.

b. A feeling of assurance that a confidant will keep a secret: I am telling you this in strict confidence.

4. A feeling of assurance, especially of self-assurance.

5. The state or quality of being certain: I have every confidence in your ability to succeed.

adj.

Of, relating to, or involving a swindle or fraud: a confidence scheme; a confidence trickster.

Synonyms: confidence, assurance, aplomb, self-confidence, self-possession
These nouns denote a feeling of emotional security resulting from faith in oneself. Confidence is a firm belief in one's powers, abilities, or capacities: "You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face" (Eleanor Roosevelt).
Assurance even more strongly stresses certainty and can suggest arrogance: How can you explain an abstruse theory with such assurance?
Aplomb implies calm poise: "It is native personality, and that alone, that endows a man to stand before presidents or generals . . . with aplomb" (Walt Whitman).
Self-confidence stresses trust in one's own self-sufficiency: "The most vital quality a soldier can possess is self-confidence" (George S. Patton).
Self-possession implies composure arising from control over one's own reactions: "In life courtesy and self-possession . . . are the sensible impressions of the free mind, for both arise . . . from never being swept away, whatever the emotion, into confusion or dullness" (William Butler Yeats). See Also Synonyms at trust.

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confidence

Noun

1. trust in a person or thing

2. belief in one's own abilities

3. trust or a trustful relationship: she won first the confidence, then the admiration, of her bosses

4. something confided, such as a secret

5. in confidence as a secret

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	confidence - 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" assurance, self-assurance, self-confidence, sureness, authority certainty - the state of being certain; "his certainty reassured the others"
	2.	confidence - a feeling of trust (in someone or something); "I have confidence in our team"; "confidence is always borrowed, never owned" security - freedom from anxiety or fear; "the watch dog gave her a feeling of security" diffidence, self-distrust, self-doubt - lack of self-confidence
	3.	confidence - a state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable; "public confidence in the economy" hopefulness - full of hope
	4.	confidence - a trustful relationship; "he took me into his confidence"; "he betrayed their trust" trust friendly relationship, friendship - the state of being friends (or friendly)
	5.	confidence - a secret that is confided or entrusted to another; "everyone trusted him with their confidences"; "the priest could not reveal her confidences" secret - something that should remain hidden from others (especially information that is not to be passed on); "the combination to the safe was a secret"; "he tried to keep his drinking a secret"

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confidence

noun 1. trust, belief, faith, dependence, reliance, credence << OPPOSITE distrust

noun 2. self-assurance, courage, assurance, aplomb, boldness, self-reliance, self-possession, nerve << OPPOSITE shyness

3. secret, >> in confidence in secrecy, privately, confidentially, between you and me (and the gatepost), (just) between ourselves

Translations

confidence [ˈkɔnfɪdns] n (gen) (also: self-confidence) → confianza (= secret); confidencia;

in confidence [speak, write] → en confianza;

to have (every) confidence that → estar seguro or confiado de que;

motion of no confidence → moción f de censura;

to tell sb sth in strict confidence → decir algo a algn de manera confidencial

confidence [ˈkɔnfɪdns] n → confiance f;

(also: self-confidence) → assurance f, confiance en soi (= secret); confidence f;

to have (every) confidence that → être certain que;

motion of no confidence → motion f de censure;

in confidence [speak, write] → en confidence, confidentiellement;

to tell sb sth in strict confidence → dire qch à qn en toute confidence

confidence [ˈkɔnfɪdns] n → Vertrauen nt;

(self-assurance) → Selbstvertrauen nt;

(secret) → vertrauliche Mitteilung f, Geheimnis nt;

to have confidence in sb/sth → Vertrauen zu jdm/etw haben;

to have (every) confidence that ... → ganz zuversichtlich sein, dass ...;

motion of no confidence → Misstrauensantrag m;

to tell sb sth in strict confidence → jdm etw ganz im Vertrauen sagen;

in confidence → vertraulich

confidence [ˈkɔnfɪdns] n → confidenza (= trust); fiducia;

(also: self-confidence) → sicurezza di sé;

to tell sb sth in strict confidence → dire qc a qn in via strettamente confidenziale;

to have (every) confidence that ... → essere assolutamente certo/a che ...;

motion of no confidence → mozione f di sfiducia