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Self-assurance.countableuncountable
- He entered the ring with confidence.
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A feeling of certainty; firm trust or belief; faith.countableuncountable
- She had confidence it would soon end.
- I reposed a great deal of confidence in his judgment.
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Information held in secret; a piece of information shared but to thence be kept in secret.countableuncountable
- In the course of these confidences it became quite plain to me I had been represented to the wife of the high dignitary, and goodness knows to how many more people besides, as an exceptional and gifted creature - a piece of good fortune for
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Boldness; presumption.countabledateduncountable
ant. timidity · shyness · bashfulness · insecurity