" confidence "

[Noun]  | "con*fi*dence" | \ ˈkän-fə-dən(t)s \

1: a feeling or consciousness of one's powers or of reliance on one's circumstances

2: faith or belief that one will act in a right, proper, or effective way

3: the quality or state of being certain : certitude

Origin: 14th century ;

 Middle English confydence, borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French confidence, borrowed from Latin confīdentia, from confīdent-, confīdens "trusting in oneself, {see: |confident|confident}" + -ia {see: |-ia:1|-ia:1};

[Noun]  | "confidence interval" 

1: a group of continuous or discrete adjacent values that is used to estimate a statistical parameter (such as a mean or variance) and that tends to include the true value of the parameter a predetermined proportion of the time if the process of finding the group of values is repeated a number of times

Origin: 1934 ;

[Noun]  | "confidence game" 

1: a dishonest trick that is done to get someone's money : con

[Noun]  | "confidence man" 

1: a person who tricks other people in order to get their money : con artist

[Noun]  | "confidence trick" 

1: a dishonest trick that is done to get someone's money

[Noun]  | "confidence trickster" 

1: a person who tricks other people in order to get their money : con artist

[Noun]  | "self-con*fi*dence" | \ ˌself-ˈkän-fə-dən(t)s \

1: confidence in oneself and in one's powers and abilities

Origin: 1604 ;

[Adjective]  | "confidence" 

1: of, relating to, or adept at swindling by false promises

Origin: 1847 ;

 From attributive use of {see: |confidence:1|confidence:1};

[Plural noun]  | "confidence limits" 

1: the end points of a confidence interval

Origin: 1939 ;

[Noun phrase]  | "vote of no confidence" 

1: a formal vote by which the members of a legislature or similar deliberative body indicate that they no longer support a leader, government, etc.

Origin: 1835 ;

[Noun]  | "confidence" 

[Noun]  | "confidence man" 

[Noun]  | "confidence men" 

[Noun]  | "self-confidence"