# confidence

Pronunciation: say "KON-fi-duhns" US /ˈkɑn.fɪ.dəns/, UK /ˈkɒn.fɪ.dəns/

## Noun

1. A firm belief in one's own abilities, judgment, or power to succeed.
   - Simple: A strong belief in your own abilities and judgment.
   - _Years of practice gave the musician the confidence to improvise on stage._
   - _He walked into the negotiation with quiet confidence._
2. A feeling of certainty or firm trust that someone or something is reliable or true.
   - Simple: A strong feeling that someone or something can be trusted.
   - _Investors expressed confidence in the company's long-term strategy._
   - _Her confidence in the plan never wavered, even when others doubted it._
3. The trust that a person given private information will keep it to themselves and not repeat it to others.
   - Simple: Trust that someone will keep a private thing you tell them and not tell other people.
   - _Leaking the internal memo to reporters was a serious breach of confidence._
   - _He took his sister into his confidence and admitted that the business was failing._
4. A piece of information shared privately with the trust that it will be kept secret.
   - Simple: Secret information that someone shares with you and trusts you to keep private.
   - _He shared a confidence with his closest friend that he had told no one else._
   - _Betraying a confidence can destroy a long friendship._

## Noun

5. Boldness carried to the point of presumption; brash self-assertion that oversteps what is proper. *(dated)*
   - Simple: Bold behavior that seems too daring, rude, or sure of itself.

## Origin

This word came through Middle English confidence from Latin cōnfīdentia, possibly by way of Old French confidence. It traces back to the Latin verb cōnfīdō ("believe, confide in"), formed from con- ("with") plus fīdō ("trust").

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/confidence (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).