confidence

n 1: 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"

[syn: {assurance}, {self-assurance}, {self-confidence},

{authority}, {sureness}]

2: a feeling of trust (in someone or something); "I have

confidence in our team"; "confidence is always borrowed,

never owned" [ant: {diffidence}]

3: a state of confident hopefulness that events will be

favorable; "public confidence in the economy"

4: a trustful relationship; "he took me into his confidence";

"he betrayed their trust" [syn: {trust}]

5: a secret that is confided or entrusted to another; "everyone

trusted him with their confidences"; "the priest could not

reveal her confidences"