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countable and uncountable, plural confidences
Self-assurance. examples
A feeling of certainty; firm trust or belief; faith. quotations examples
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.
1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Psalms 118:8–9
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.
1956, Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars, page 39
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.
2006, Edwin Black, chapter 1, in Internal Combustion
Information held in secret; a piece of information shared but to thence be kept in secret. quotations examples
In the course of these confidences it became quite plain to me I had been represented to the wife of the high dignitary, and goodness knows to how many more people besides, as an exceptional and gifted creature - a piece of good fortune for the Company - a man you don’t get hold of every day.
1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], part I, page 201
(dated) Boldness; presumption. examples