confidence

/ˈkän-fə-dən(t)s/

Middle English confydence, borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French confidence, borrowed from Latin confīdentia, from confīdent-, confīdens "trusting in oneself, confident-ia

noun

  1. a feeling or consciousness of one's powers or of reliance on one's circumstances

  2. faith or belief that one will act in a right, proper, or effective way

  3. the quality or state of being certain : certitude

had perfect confidence in her ability to succeed

have confidence in a leader

confidence assurance self-possession aplomb mean a state of mind or a manner marked by easy coolness and freedom from uncertainty, diffidence, or embarrassment. confidence stresses faith in oneself and one's powers without any suggestion of conceit or arrogance. assurance carries a stronger implication of certainty and may suggest arrogance or lack of objectivity in assessing one's own powers.

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or adept at swindling by false promises

a confidence game

noun

  1. a group of continuous or discrete adjacent values that is used to estimate a statistical parameter (such as a mean or variance) and that tends to include the true value of the parameter a predetermined proportion of the time if the process of finding the group of values is repeated a number of times