Synonyms:
assurance, self-assurance, confidence, self-confidence, authority, sureness
Meaning: freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities; "his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular"; "after that failure he lost his confidence"; "she spoke with authority"
Synonyms:
confidence
Meaning: a feeling of trust (in someone or something); "I have confidence in our team"; "confidence is always borrowed, never owned"
Synonyms:
confidence
Meaning: a state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable; "public confidence in the economy"
Usage examples
Act of Confidence.
It shook his confidence.
"He told me in confidence."
ACQUIRING CONFIDENCE BEFORE AN AUDIENCE
"You will not lose all confidence in me?
"The farther I go the more confidence I feel.
The good Sister of Charity won her confidence.
I have come to possess implicit confidence in him.
"Anything," answered the shaggy man, with confidence.
'Excuse the confidence, Mrs Lawford, I'm forty-three.'