confidence
/ˈkɑn.fɪ.dəns/ noun B1- Self-assurance. · He entered the ring with confidence.
- A feeling of certainty; firm trust or belief; faith. · She had confidence it would soon end.· I reposed a great deal of confidence in his judgment.
- Information held in secret; a piece of information shared but to thence be kept in secret.
- Boldness; presumption.
Plural confidences
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“I wish none of their confidences,” said Holmes, when I reported to him what had occurred.
“No confidences, Watson; for they are mighty awkward if it comes to an arrest for conspiracy and murder.”
It was not from want of confidence in me—there was the most complete love and confidence between us—but it was out of his desire to keep all alarm away from me.
False confidence often leads into danger.
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