confidence

[ kon-fi-duhns ]
/ ˈkɒn fɪ dəns /
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noun

Idioms for confidence

    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: I told him in confidence.

Origin of confidence

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

synonym study for confidence

1. See trust. 2. Confidence, assurance both imply a faith in oneself. Confidence may imply trust in oneself or arrogant self-conceit. Assurance implies even more sureness of oneself; this may be shown as undisturbed calm or as offensive boastfulness.

OTHER WORDS FROM confidence

hy·per·con·fi·dence, noun non·con·fi·dence, noun su·per·con·fi·dence, noun

Words nearby confidence

confessor, confetti, confidant, confidante, confide, confidence, confidence game, confidence interval, confidence level, confidence limits, confidence man

Words related to in confidence

quietly, clandestinely, surreptitiously, covertly, privately, personally, furtively, stealthily, alone, secretly, confidentially, hush-hush, intimately, obscurely, slyly, insidiously, privily, unobserved, confidential

British Dictionary definitions for in confidence

confidence
/ (ˈkɒnfɪdəns) /

noun

a feeling of trust in a person or thing I have confidence in his abilities
belief in one's own abilities; self-assurance
trust or a trustful relationship take me into your confidence
something confided or entrusted; secret
in confidence as a secret

Idioms and Phrases with in confidence (1 of 2)

in confidence

Also, in strict confidence. Privately, on condition that what is said will not be revealed. For example, The doctor told her in confidence that her mother was terminally ill, or He told us in strict confidence that Gail was pregnant. This idiom was first recorded in 1632. Also see take into one's confidence.

Idioms and Phrases with in confidence (2 of 2)

confidence