confidence : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: confidence	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for confidence
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
confidence n freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities; "his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular"; "after that failure he lost his confidence"; "she spoke with authority" Synonym(s): assurance, self-assurance, confidence, self-confidence, authority, sureness a feeling of trust (in someone or something); "I have confidence in our team"; "confidence is always borrowed, never owned" Antonym(s): diffidence, self-distrust, self- doubt a state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable; "public confidence in the economy" a trustful relationship; "he took me into his confidence"; "he betrayed their trust" Synonym(s): confidence, trust a secret that is confided or entrusted to another; "everyone trusted him with their confidences"; "the priest could not reveal her confidences"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Confidence \Con"fidence\, n. [L. confidentia firm trust in, self-confidence: cf. F. confidence.] 1. The act of confiding, trusting, or putting faith in; trust; reliance; belief; -- formerly followed by of, now commonly by in. Society is built upon trust, and trust upon confidence* of one another's integrity. --South. A cheerful confidence in the mercy of God. --Macaulay. 2. That in which faith is put or reliance had. The Lord shall be thy confidence. --Prov. iii. 26. 3. The state of mind characterized by one's reliance on himself, or his circumstances; a feeling of self-sufficiency; such assurance as leads to a feeling of security; self-reliance; -- often with self prefixed. Your wisdom is consumed in confidence; Do not go forth to-day. --Shak. But confidence then bore thee on secure Either to meet no danger, or to find Matter of glorious trial. --Milton. 4. Private conversation; (pl.) secrets shared; as, there were confidences between them. Sir, I desire some confidence with you. --Shak. {Confidence game}, any swindling operation in which advantage is taken of the confidence reposed by the victim in the swindler. {Confidence man}, a swindler. {To take into one's confidence}, to admit to a knowledge of one's feelings, purposes, or affairs. Syn: Trust; assurance; expectation; hope. I am confident that very much be done. --Boyle. 2. Trustful; without fear or suspicion; frank; unreserved. Be confident to speak, Northumberland; We three are but thyself. --Shak. 3. Having self-reliance; bold; undaunted. As confident as is the falcon's flight Against a bird, do I with Mowbray fight. --Shak. 4. Having an excess of assurance; bold to a fault; dogmatical; impudent; presumptuous. The fool rageth and is confident. --Prov. xiv. 16. 5. Giving occasion for confidence. [R.] The cause was more confident than the event was prosperious. --Jer. Taylor.