confidence

Pronunciation: /ˈkɒn.fɪ.dəns/

The English word “confidence” has 4 meanings listed here.

noun

Self-assurance.
A feeling of certainty; firm trust or belief; faith.
Information held in secret; a piece of information shared but to thence be kept in secret.
Boldness; presumption.

Etymology

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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