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C — Concurrent to Confutation (Part 6 of 10)

Confidence, n.

    1. Trust, faith, belief, reliance, dependence.
    2. Boldness, courage, intrepidity, assurance, firmness, self-reliance.
    3. Secret, private or confidential communication.
    4. Intimacy, confidential relations.

Confident, a.

    1. Assured, certain, sure, positive, fully convinced, cocksure (colloq.).
    2. Bold, presumptuous, sanguine.

Confidential, a.

    1. Private, not to be disclosed, not to be communicated.
    2. Trusty, faithful, to be trusted.

Confidentially, ad. Privately, in confidence, under the rose, between ourselves, between you and me, sub rosa, entre nous.

Configuration, n. Form, figure, shape, conformation, outline.

Confine, n. Boundary, border, limit, frontier.

Confine, v. a.

    1. Restrain, shut up, shut in.
    2. Imprison, immure, incarcerate.
    3. Limit, circumscribe, bound, restrict.

Confinement, n.

    1. Restraint.
    2. Imprisonment, incarceration, captivity, duress, durance.