confidence
/ˈkɑn.fɪ.dəns/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.65 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Information held in secret; a piece of information shared but to thence be kept in secret.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "He entered the ring with confidence."
- "She had confidence it would soon end."
- "I reposed a great deal of confidence in his judgment."
- "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."
- "Khedron hesitated for a moment, wondering how far he should take Jeserac into his confidence. He knew that Jeserac was kindly and well-intentioned, but he also knew that he must be bound by the same taboos that controlled everyone on Diaspar."
- "But electric vehicles and the batteries that made them run became ensnared in corporate scandals, fraud, and monopolistic corruption that shook the confidence of the nation and inspired automotive upstarts."
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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *bʰeydʰ-, confidence, cōnfīdentia
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈkɑn.fɪ.dəns/
- British English: /ˈkɒn.fɪ.dəns/