confidence
NounOpen English WordNet
Noun (5)confidences
- 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”Synonyms: assuranceself-assuranceself-confidenceauthoritysurenessType of certaintyAttribute of certain, uncertain
- a feeling of trust (in someone or something)“I have confidence in our team”“confidence is always borrowed, never owned”Opposite diffidenceType of securityAttribute of confident, diffident
- a state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable“public confidence in the economy”Type of hopefulness
- a trustful relationship“he took me into his confidence”“he betrayed their trust”Synonyms: trustType of friendship, friendly relationship
- a secret that is confided or entrusted to another“everyone trusted him with their confidences”“the priest could not reveal her confidences”Type of secret
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Translations
Noun self-assurance
- Spanish
- autoconfianza
- French
- confiance en soi
- German
- Selbstvertrauen
- Italian
- sicurezza di sé
- Portuguese
- confiança
- Russian
- уве́ренность uvérennostʹ
- Arabic
- ثِقَة ṯiqa
- Chinese
- 信心 xìnxīn
- Japanese
- 自信 jishin
- Dutch
- zelfvertrouwen
13 more languages
- Polish
- pewność siebie
- Swedish
- självsäkerhet
- Greek
- αυτοπεποίθηση aftopepoíthisi
- Korean
- 자신 jasin
- Portuguese (PT)
- confiança
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 信心 xìnxīn
- Catalan
- confiança
- Czech
- sebevědomí
- Danish
- selvsikkerhed
- Finnish
- itseluottamus
- Hebrew
- אֱמוּנָה emuná
- Icelandic
- sjálfstraust
- Norwegian
- selvtillit
Noun expression or feeling of certainty
- German
- Zuversicht
- Italian
- fiducia
- Turkish
- güven
- Russian
- уве́ренность uvérennostʹ
- Chinese
- 信心 xìnxīn
- Japanese
- 確信 kakushin
- Swedish
- tilltro
- Greek
- βεβαιότητα vevaiótita
- Korean
- 신용 sinyong
- Chinese (Trad.)
- 信任 xìnrèn
The main translation for each meaning, from the langtolang.com multilingual dictionary. Each word links to its full entry there.
Webster's Dictionary (1913)
Origin: L. confidentia firm trust in, self-confidence: cf. F. confidence.
1. The act of confiding, trusting, or putting faith in; trust; reliance; belief; — formerly followed by of, now commonly by in.
Society is built upon trust, and trust upon confidence of one another's integrity.— Robert South
A cheerful confidence in the mercy of God.— Thomas Babington Macaulay
2. That in which faith is put or reliance had.
The Lord shall be thy confidence.— Prov. iii. 26.
3. The state of mind characterized by one's reliance on himself, or his circumstances; a feeling of self-sufficiency; such assurance as leads to a feeling of security; self-reliance; — often with self prefixed.
Your wisdom is consumed in confidence; Do not go forth to-day.— William Shakespeare
But confidence then bore thee on secure Either to meet no danger, or to find Matter of glorious trial.— John Milton
4. Private conversation; (pl.) secrets shared; as, there were confidences between them.
Sir, I desire some confidence with you.— William Shakespeare
Confidence game, any swindling operation in which advantage is taken of the confidence reposed by the victim in the swindler; several swindlers often work together to create the illusion of truth; — also called con game. — Confidence man, a swindler. — To take into one's confidence, to admit to a knowledge of one's feelings, purposes, or affairs.
Synonyms: Trust; assurance; expectation; hope.
I am confident that very much be done.— Robert Boyle
2. Trustful; without fear or suspicion; frank; unreserved.
Be confident to speak, Northumberland; We three are but thyself.— William Shakespeare
3. Having self-reliance; bold; undaunted.
As confident as is the falcon's flight Against a bird, do I with Mowbray fight.— William Shakespeare
4. Having an excess of assurance; bold to a fault; dogmatical; impudent; presumptuous.
The fool rageth and is confident.— Prov. xiv. 16.
5. Giving occasion for confidence. rare
The cause was more confident than the event was prosperous.— Taylor, Jeremy
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54