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(1):
(n.) Giving occasion for confidence.
(2):
(n.) Having an excess of assurance; bold to a fault; dogmatical; impudent; presumptuous.
(3):
(n.) Having self-reliance; bold; undaunted.
(4):
(n.) Trustful; without fear or suspicion; frank; unreserved.
(5):
(n.) Private conversation; (pl.) secrets shared; as, there were confidences between them.
(6):
(n.) The state of mind characterized by one's reliance on himself, or his circumstances; a feeling of self-sufficiency; such assurance as leads to a feeling of security; self-reliance; -- often with self prefixed.
(7):
(n.) The act of confiding, trusting, or putting faith in; trust; reliance; belief; -- formerly followed by of, now commonly by in.
(8):
(n.) That in which faith is put or reliance had.