Noun

• S: (n) assurance, self-assurance, confidence, self-confidence, authority, sureness (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"
• S: (n) confidence (a feeling of trust (in someone or something)) "I have confidence in our team"; "confidence is always borrowed, never owned"
• S: (n) confidence (a state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable) "public confidence in the economy"
• S: (n) confidence, trust (a trustful relationship) "he took me into his confidence"; "he betrayed their trust"
• S: (n) confidence (a secret that is confided or entrusted to another) "everyone trusted him with their confidences"; "the priest could not reveal her confidences"