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confidence.

Self-assurance.

10 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkɒn.fɪ.dəns/Received-Pronunciation/ˈkɑn.fɪ.dəns/Atlantic-Canada, General-American/ˈkɒn.fɪ.dəns/Canada, dialectal/ˈkɔn.fɪ.dəns/Australia
  1. Self-assurance.

    countable · uncountable
    He entered the ring with confidence.
  2. A feeling of certainty; firm trust or belief; faith.

    countable · uncountable
    She had confidence it would soon end.
    I reposed a great deal of confidence in his judgment.
  3. Information held in secret; a piece of information shared but to thence be kept in secret.

    countable · uncountable
  4. Boldness; presumption.

    countable · dated · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Middle English confidence, from Latin cōnfīdentia (possibly via Old French confidence), from cōnfīdō (“believe, confide in”) from con- (“with”) + fīdō (“trust”). By surface analysis, confide + ence.

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