Definitions for confidence
Overview of noun confidence
The noun confidence has 5 senses? (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (13) assurance, self-assurance, confidence, self-confidence, authority, sureness
(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")
2. (6) confidence
(a feeling of trust (in someone or something); "I have confidence in our team"; "confidence is always borrowed, never owned")
3. (3) confidence
(a state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable; "public confidence in the economy")
4. confidence, trust
(a trustful relationship; "he took me into his confidence"; "he betrayed their trust")
5. confidence
(a secret that is confided or entrusted to another; "everyone trusted him with their confidences"; "the priest could not reveal her confidences")
