confident [ con·fi·dent ]
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1. Feeling or showing confidence in oneself or one's abilities or qualities.
I have always been confident in my own ability and thankfully it paid off.
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2. Feeling or showing certainty about something.
I am not very confident about tonight's game
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1. A confidant.
‘Nope, you guys are my only confidents,’ he said smiling.
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Origin
1. Late 16th century from French confident(e), from Italian confidente, from Latin confident- ‘having full trust’, from the verb confidere, from con- (expressing intensive force) + fidere ‘trust’.

