The Lord shall be thy confidence.
Prov. iii. 26.
3. 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.
Your wisdom is consumed in confidence;
Do not go forth to-day.
Shak.
But confidence then bore thee on secure
Either to meet no danger, or to find
Matter of glorious trial.
Milton.
4. Private conversation; (pl.) secrets shared; as, there were confidences between them.
Sir, I desire some confidence with you.
Shak.
Confidence game, any swindling operation in which advantage is taken of the confidence reposed by the victim in the swindler. -- Confidence man, a swindler. -- To take into one's confidence, to admit to a knowledge of one's feelings, purposes, or affairs.
Syn. -- Trust; assurance; expectation; hope.
I am confident that very much be done.
Boyle.