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(noun) a secret that is confided or entrusted to another; "everyone trusted him with their confidences"; "the priest could not reveal her confidences" |
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Related Words: secret |
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(noun) a feeling of trust (in someone or something); "I have confidence in our team"; "confidence is always borrowed, never owned" |
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Related Words: security |
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Antonyms: diffidence |
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(noun) a trustful relationship; "he took me into his confidence"; "he betrayed their trust" |
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Synonyms: trust |
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Related Words: friendly relationship, friendship |
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(noun) a state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable; "public confidence in the economy" |
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Related Words: hopefulness |
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(noun) freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities; "his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular"; "after that failure he lost his confidence" |
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Synonyms: assurance, authority, self-assurance, self-confidence, sureness |
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Related Words: certainty |
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