confidence
(noun)
noun
1. freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
- after that failure he lost his confidence
Similar word(s): assurance, authority, sureness
Definition categories: thought, certainty
2. a feeling of trust (in someone or something)
- I have confidence in our team
- confidence is always borrowed, never owned
Definition categories: feeling, security
3. a state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable
- public confidence in the economy
Definition categories: state, hopefulness
4. a trustful relationship
- he took me into his confidence
Similar word(s): trust
Definition categories: state, friendship
5. a secret that is confided or entrusted to another
- everyone trusted him with their confidences
- the priest could not reveal her confidences
Definition categories: communication, secret