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con·fi·dence
I. \ˈkänfədən(t)s also -dən- or -ˌden-\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin confidentia, from confident-, confidens (present participle of confidere to confide) + -ia -y
1. : the state of one that confides : trust, reliance, belief
< a cheerful confidence in the mercy of God — T.B.Macaulay >
2. : feeling or consciousness of reliance on oneself or one's circumstances : self-confidence
< a doctor's increasing confidence and skill >
< painters who had … lost their confidence — W.B.Yeats >
3. : the state of feeling sure : certitude — usually used with of
< great confidence of success >
< the level of confidence accepted for a given set of statistical data >
4. : brashness, presumption, impudence
< he had that confidence which the first thinker of anything never has, for all thinkers … approach the truth full of hesitation and doubt. Confidence comes from repetition, from the breath of many mouths — W.B.Yeats >
5. obsolete : an object of faith or reliance
< for the Lord shall be thy confidence — Prov 3:26 (Authorized Version) >
6.
a. : a relation or state of trust or intimacy between persons who confide in each other
< take a friend into one's confidence concerning a private affair >
b. obsolete : trustworthiness
c. : a communication made in confidence
< the confidences between lawyer and client >
d. : trust in or support of the policy or action of a prime minister and his cabinet expressed by a formal vote of the legislature in a parliamentary system of government
Synonyms: see trust
II. adjective
: having to do with the appropriation by a swindler of funds entrusted to him usually by a dupe promised large and easy profits from a type of investment not generally considered ethical
< confidence game >
< confidence man >
III. transitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
: to swindle especially by exploiting confidence or desire for quick gain |