Self-assurance. / A feeling of certainty; firm trust or belief; faith. / Information held in secret; a piece of information shared but to thence be kept in secret. / (dated) Boldness; presumption.

plural of confidence

Confidentially, privately, off the record.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of confide

Very sure of something; positive. / Self-assured, self-reliant, sure of oneself. / (obsolete, in negative sense) Forward, impudent.

Obsolete form of confidant.

Having or showing confidence or trust in another person. / In confidence; as if with trust. / (Birding) Of a bird, allowing the close approach of humans.

present participle of confide

The telling of something in confidence.

One who confides.