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English Dictionary: confiding by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
confiding
adj
  1. willing to entrust personal matters; "first she was suspicious, then she became confiding"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Confide \Con*fide"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Confided}; p. pr. &
      vb. n. {Confiding}.] [L. confidere; con- + fidere to trust.
      See {Faith}, and cf. {Affiance}.]
      To put faith (in); to repose confidence; to trust; -- usually
      followed by in; as, the prince confides in his ministers.
  
               By thy command I rise or fall, In thy protection I
               confide.                                                --Byron.
  
               Judge before friendships, then confide till death.
                                                                              --Young.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Confiding \Con*fid"ing\, a.
      That confides; trustful; unsuspicious. -- {Con*fid"ing*ly},
      adv. -- {Con*fid"ing*ness}, n.
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