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Confidence

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(1):

(n.) Giving occasion for confidence.

(2):

(n.) Having an excess of assurance; bold to a fault; dogmatical; impudent; presumptuous.

(3):

(n.) Having self-reliance; bold; undaunted.

(4):

(n.) Trustful; without fear or suspicion; frank; unreserved.

(5):

(n.) Private conversation; (pl.) secrets shared; as, there were confidences between them.

(6):

(n.) The state of mind characterized by one's reliance on himself, or his circumstances; a feeling of self-sufficiency; such assurance as leads to a feeling of security; self-reliance; - often with self prefixed.

(7):

(n.) The act of confiding, trusting, or putting faith in; trust; reliance; belief; - formerly followed by of, now commonly by in.

(8):

(n.) That in which faith is put or reliance had.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Confidence'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/confidence.html. 1828.
 
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