confidence Definition

confidence
noun

1. Trust or belief in a person or thing.

Thesaurus: faith, reliance, trust, assurance, belief, conviction; Antonym: doubt.
2. Faith in one's own ability; self-assurance.

Thesaurus: boldness, aplomb, self-assurance; fortitude, resolution, tenacity, mettle, backbone; Antonym: self-doubt.
3. A secret, etc confided to someone.
4. A relationship of mutual trust.

Idiom: in confidence

In secret; confidentially.

Etymology: 15c: from Latin confidentia.