a consciousness of one's powers being sufficient, or a feeling of reliance on one's circumstances; self-assurance
faith or trust in something or somebody
certainty or strong expectation
every confidence of success
reliance on the discretion of one's hearers
in strictest confidence
something said or written in confidence; a secret
in somebody's confidence
on intimate enough terms with somebody for them to tell one their private concerns
take somebody into one's confidence
to tell somebody something in private
[Latin confidentia from confidere: see confide]