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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Self-confidence

/sĕlˌ-fkän'-fəd-əns/ · Self·-con·fi·dence · IPA /sˌɛlfkˈɑnfədəns/
01 n. The quality or state of being self-confident; self-reliance.
  1. 1.
    The quality or state of being self-confident; self-reliance.
    “A feeling of self-confidence which supported and sustained him.” — Beaconsfield.