confidence

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Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
  2. noun a feeling of trust (in someone or something)
  3. noun a state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable

Etymology

From Middle English confidence, from Latin cōnfīdentia (possibly via Old French confidence), from cōnfīdō (“believe, confide in”) from con- (“with”) + fīdō (“trust”). By surface analysis, confide + ence.

In classic literature

Synonyms

assurance, self-assurance, self-confidence, authority, sureness

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