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• n  freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities
  after that failure he lost his confidence
• n  a feeling of trust (in someone or something)
  I have confidence in our team
  confidence is always borrowed, never owned
• n  a state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable
  public confidence in the economy
• n  a trustful relationship
  he took me into his confidence
• n  a secret that is confided or entrusted to another
  everyone trusted him with their confidences
  the priest could not reveal her confidences

• assurance
• self-assurance
• self-confidence
• authority
• sureness
• trust

• diffidence

News & Articles

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• Small-Business Confidence Edges Up
  Confidence among small-business owners is creeping slowly up and more are paying higher compensation, says a report released Tuesday.
  June 11, 2013 - Wall Street Journal Blogs
• U.S. Economic Confidence Falls Slightly From Five-Year High
  Gallup's U.S. Economic Confidence Index dipped to -7 last week from the -3 the prior week, which was the highest since Gallup began Daily tracking in 2008. The current weekly score is still one of the best in more than five years.
  June 11, 2013 - Gallup
• French Industrial Confidence Unchanged in May on Domestic Demand
  French industrial confidence was unchanged in May as President Francois Hollande struggled to revive growth in Europe’s second-largest economy.
  June 10, 2013 - Bloomberg

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in msnbc.com
  I say to the American people, this is a change in personnel, but it is not a change in policy,Obama said. "He has worked closely with the Afghan and Pakistan governments and with all our partners in the region. He has my full confidence...
• David Villa in The Canadian Press
  We never lost our confidence,Villa said. "We know the potential we have and what we can give."
• David Petraeus in Washington Post
  We're engaged in a contest of wills. Our enemies are doing all that they can to undermine the confidence of the Afghan people,he said.