- firm belief; trust; reliance
- the fact of being or feeling certain; assurance
- belief in one's own abilities; self-confidence
- a relationship as confidant: take me into your confidence
- the belief that another will keep a secret; assurance of secrecy: told in strict confidence
- something told as a secret
- Bible object of trust: Prov. 3:26
Origin of confidence
Middle English from Classical Latin confidentia from confidens, present participle of confide