Definitions for confidence

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confidence con·fi·dence

Spelling: [kon-fi-duh ns]

IPA: /ˈkɒn fɪ dəns/

Confidence is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 22 points.

You can make 248 anagrams from letters in confidence (ccdeefinno).

Definitions for confidence

noun

1. full trust; belief in the powers, trustworthiness, or reliability of a person or thing:
2. belief in oneself and one's powers or abilities; self-confidence; self-reliance; assurance:
3. certitude; assurance:
4. a secret that is confided or imparted trustfully:
5. (especially in European politics) the wish to retain an incumbent government in office, as shown by a vote in a particular issue:
6. presumption; impudence:
7. Archaic. something that gives confidence; ground of trust.

Idioms

1. in confidence, as a secret or private matter, not to be divulged or communicated to others; with belief in a person's sense of discretion:

Origin of confidence

1350-1400; Middle English (Middle French) Latin confīdentia. See confide, -ence

Examples for confidence

It was almost impossible to win their confidence, or to get information from them.

At thirteen years old, de Forest speaks with the confidence and the knowledge of someone much older.

I am deeply impressed with gratitude for the confidence reposed in me.

Tourism has built my confidence [and] improved my interpersonal skills.

I had no secrets from them (hear, hear), and this confidence was reciprocated on their part.

The FARC has a long way to go to win the confidence of the Colombian people.

Today, she stands out much like she has her entire life, though her confidence has grown immensely.

If confidence and strength were instilled in her at a young age, glamour was something she pursued.

Yet the old man's confidence in the young man's acumen was invulnerable.

She was in his confidence in 1858-9, and he had a great regard for her, which he often expressed to me.