1. Freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
   "after that failure he lost his confidence"
   - assurance, self-assurance, self-confidence, authority, sureness 
2. A feeling of trust (in someone or something)
   "I have confidence in our team"; "confidence is always borrowed, never owned" 
3. A state of confident hopefulness that events will be favourable
   "public confidence in the economy" 
4. A trustful relationship
   "he took me into his confidence"
   - trust 
5. A secret that is confided or entrusted to another
   "everyone trusted him with their confidences"; "the priest could not reveal her confidences"

Derived forms: confidences

See also: certain, confide, confident, confidential, diffident, incertain, shy, sure, timid, uncertain, unsure

Type of: certainty, friendly relationship, friendship, hopefulness, mateship [Austral, NZ], secret, security

Antonym: diffidence

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