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==Origins==
ad. Latin confdentia, n. of [[quality]] or [[state]] f. confdent-em: Cf. F. confidence (14th c. in Oresme), but some of the senses are not found in F. (where they are expressed by confiance).
==Definitions==
*1. The mental [[attitude]] of [[trust]]ing in or relying on a [[person]] or [[thing]]; firm trust, reliance, [[faith]]. Const. in (to, on, upon).
*2. a. The feeling sure or certain of a [[fact]] or issue; [[assurance]], certitude; assured expectation.
:b. Const. to do. Obs.
:c. in, on, upon confidence (of, that, to do).
*3. a. [[Assurance]], boldness, fearlessness, arising from reliance (on oneself, on circumstances, on [[divine]] support, etc.).
:b. Const. to have c. to do (anything).
*4. a. In a bad sense: Assurance based on insufficient or improper grounds; excess of assurance, overboldness, hardihood, presumption, impudence.
:b. As an appellation: = Confident one.
*5. An object or ground of [[trust]]; ‘that which gives confidence, boldness, or security’ (J.).
*6. The confiding of [[private]] or secret matters to another; the relation of [[intimacy]] or [[trust]] between persons so confiding; confidential intimacy.
*7. A confidential [[communication]].
*8. Trustworthiness, as a [[personal]] [[quality]]. a person of confidence: one entrusted with matters of importance or secrecy, a confidential agent.
[[Category: General Reference]]
==Origins==
ad. Latin confdentia, n. of [[quality]] or [[state]] f. confdent-em: Cf. F. confidence (14th c. in Oresme), but some of the senses are not found in F. (where they are expressed by confiance).
==Definitions==
*1. The mental [[attitude]] of [[trust]]ing in or relying on a [[person]] or [[thing]]; firm trust, reliance, [[faith]]. Const. in (to, on, upon).
*2. a. The feeling sure or certain of a [[fact]] or issue; [[assurance]], certitude; assured expectation.
:b. Const. to do. Obs.
:c. in, on, upon confidence (of, that, to do).
*3. a. [[Assurance]], boldness, fearlessness, arising from reliance (on oneself, on circumstances, on [[divine]] support, etc.).
:b. Const. to have c. to do (anything).
*4. a. In a bad sense: Assurance based on insufficient or improper grounds; excess of assurance, overboldness, hardihood, presumption, impudence.
:b. As an appellation: = Confident one.
*5. An object or ground of [[trust]]; ‘that which gives confidence, boldness, or security’ (J.).
*6. The confiding of [[private]] or secret matters to another; the relation of [[intimacy]] or [[trust]] between persons so confiding; confidential intimacy.
*7. A confidential [[communication]].
*8. Trustworthiness, as a [[personal]] [[quality]]. a person of confidence: one entrusted with matters of importance or secrecy, a confidential agent.
[[Category: General Reference]]
