Associations to the word «Confidence»

Wiktionary

CONFIDENCE, noun. Passive self-assurance.
CONFIDENCE, noun. Expression or feeling of certainty.
CONFIDENCE, noun. The quality of trusting.
CONFIDENCE, noun. Information held in secret.
CONFIDENCE ARTIST, noun. Alternative form of con artist
CONFIDENCE GAME, noun. A swindle in which the mark, or victim, is defrauded after his or her trust has been won.
CONFIDENCE GAMES, noun. Plural of confidence game
CONFIDENCE INTERVAL, noun. A particular kind of interval estimate of a population parameter.
CONFIDENCE LEVEL, noun. (statistics) The probability that a measured quantity will fall within a given confidence interval.
CONFIDENCE LIMITS, noun. (statistics) For a statistical sample a pair of values that delimit the interval for which there is a certain probability that the true value of some deduced variable lies between those values.
CONFIDENCE MAN, noun. Someone who conducts a confidence game: who defrauds someone after winning his trust.
CONFIDENCE MEN, noun. Plural of confidence man
CONFIDENCE TRICK, noun. A method of cheating somebody by winning their confidence and inducing them to hand over money (or other valuables).
CONFIDENCE TRICKSTER, noun. Someone who conducts a confidence game: who defrauds someone after winning his trust.
CONFIDENCE TRICKSTERS, noun. Plural of confidence trickster

Dictionary definition

CONFIDENCE, 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"; "she spoke with authority".
CONFIDENCE, noun. A feeling of trust (in someone or something); "I have confidence in our team"; "confidence is always borrowed, never owned".
CONFIDENCE, noun. A state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable; "public confidence in the economy".
CONFIDENCE, noun. A trustful relationship; "he took me into his confidence"; "he betrayed their trust".
CONFIDENCE, noun. A secret that is confided or entrusted to another; "everyone trusted him with their confidences"; "the priest could not reveal her confidences".

Wise words

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