confidence

/ˈkɒn.fɪ.dəns/

UK: /ˈkɒn.fɪ.dəns/

KⱰN · fɪ · dəns (3 syllables)

English Noun Top 2,633

American (Lessac) (medium)

Female 0.9s

American (Amy) (medium)

Female 1.0s

American (Ryan) (medium)

Male 0.7s

Definition

Self-assurance.

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.

Example Sentences

"He entered the ring with confidence."
"She had confidence it would soon end."
"It is better to truſt in the Lord : then to put confidence in man. / It is better to truſt in the Lord : then to put confidence in Princes."