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con·fi·dence (kän′fə dəns)

noun

  1. firm belief; trust; reliance
  2. the fact of being or feeling certain; assurance
  3. belief in one's own abilities; self-confidence
  4. a relationship as confidant take me into your confidence
  5. the belief that another will keep a secret; assurance of secrecy told in strict confidence
  6. something told as a secret
  7. Bible object of trust: Prov. 3:26

Etymology: ME < L confidentia < confidens, prp. of confide

adjective

swindling or used to swindle

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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