confidence
//ˈkɒn.fɪ.dəns//
Forms
- Plural
- confidences
Definitions
1.Self-assurance.
- He entered the ring with confidence.
2.A feeling of certainty; firm trust or belief; faith.
- She had confidence it would soon end.
- But electric vehicles and the batteries that made them run became ensnared in corporate scandals, fraud, and monopolistic corruption that shook the confidence of the nation and inspired automotive upstarts.
3.Information held in secret; a piece of information shared but to thence be kept in secret.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #2017
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
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Etymology
From Middle English confidence, from Latin cōnfīdentia (possibly via Old French confidence), from cōnfīdō (“believe, confide in”) from con- (“with”) + fīdō (“trust”).
By surface analysis, confide + ence.