CONFIDENCE

n. 1 trust, reliance, faith; belief Your parents have a great deal of confidence in you 2 assurance, self-confidence, self-assurance, self-reliance, poise, aplomb, coolness; conviction, certitude, boldness, courage, nerve We admire the confidence she shows in her daring plan 3 in confidence. in secrecy, in privacy, privately, confidentially, intimately, Colloq on the q.t. or Q.T. I am telling you this in confidence