confidence
freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,076 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 17,006 times across 155,370 chapters — 0.008% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities also: assurance, self-assurance, self-confidence, authority, sureness his assurance in his superiority did not make him popularafter that failure he lost his confidence
- a feeling of trust (in someone or something) I have confidence in our teamconfidence is always borrowed, never owned
- a state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable public confidence in the economy
- a trustful relationship also: trust he took me into his confidencehe betrayed their trust
- a secret that is confided or entrusted to another everyone trusted him with their confidencesthe priest could not reveal her confidences
confidence in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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You speak with so much confidence that .
An Egyptian Princess — Volume 07 · Georg Ebers · Chapter 1
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A mark of vast confidence, as he observed to her.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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He looked me steadily in the eyes--mine lost confidence and fell.
Following the Equator — Part 1 · Mark Twain · Chapter 1
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I look with confidence to her malady as my triumphant vindication.
Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 08, May 21, 1870 · Various · Chapter 1
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A year at Harrow confirmed Scaife's confidence in his father's worldly wisdom.
The Hill: A Romance of Friendship · Horace Annesley Vachell · Chapter 1