Antonym: diffidence, distrust, nonconfidence. Similar words: confident, confide, evidence, residence, conference, confine, confirm, diffident. Meaning: ['kɒnfɪdəns] 
n. 1. freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities 2. a feeling of trust (in someone or something) 3. a state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable 4. a trustful relationship 5. a secret that is confided or entrusted to another.
n. 1. freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities 2. a feeling of trust (in someone or something) 3. a state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable 4. a trustful relationship 5. a secret that is confided or entrusted to another. 
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121. Only if the chairperson resigns will we be able to restore the confidence of our members.
122. Lack of confidence in the company manifested itself in a fall in the share price.
123. He never had much confidence in his judgement at the fag-end of the working day.
124. I should like to exchange a few words with you in confidence.
125. Since she got the new job, she's been brimming with confidence.
126. Living on her own in a foreign country for a year gave her a lot of confidence .
127. We have total confidence in the veracity of our research.
128. They're so lacking in confidence in the attraction of the games they televise that they feel they have to hype up with some hysterical commentator in.
129. I'll tell you in strict confidence that they are going to get divorced.
130. After six defeats in a row, the team's confidence has been badly shaken.
131. He began acting with the confidence of a seasoned performer.
132. Saudi bankers say there's been an upsurge of business confidence since the end of the war.
133. It took a generous helping of entrepreneurial confidence to persevere during this incident.
134. It is part of a teacher's job to instil confidence in/into his or her students.
135. Minton is an outstanding boxer,[www.Sentencedict.com] with tremendous confidence in his own ability.
136. As her confidence grows you may well see a considerable turnabout in her attitude.
137. The country is enjoying the biggest increase in business confidence for years.
138. The training is designed to give staff confidence in managing problems.
139. The vote of no confidence was the final humiliation for a government that had been clinging to office.
140. If you want good relationships, you must have the confidence to be self-assertive when required.
141. The opposition has called for a vote of no confidence in the government.
142. The spy insinuated himself into the confidence of important officers.
143. This announcement is bound to shake the confidence of the industry.
144. Many parents lack confidence in their ability to effect change in their children's behaviour.
145. I have every/complete confidence in her. She'll be perfect for the job.
146. If your daughter takes you into her confidence[sentencedict.com], don't rush off to tell your husband.
147. Tom's problem was that he lacked confidence; Ed failed for precisely the opposite reason.
148. After an accident, most drivers need to build up their confidence again.
149. They could not say with confidence that he would be able to walk again after the accident.
150. The captain of the football team said he had every confidence in his men.
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