confidence definition

1. a feeling of trust (in someone or something)
• examples: I have confidence in our team
• examples: confidence is always borrowed, never owned
2. a state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable
• examples: public confidence in the economy
3. a trustful relationship
• examples: he took me into his confidence
• examples: he betrayed their trust
4. a secret that is confided or entrusted to another
• examples: everyone trusted him with their confidences
• examples: the priest could not reveal her confidences