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Grammar : Verb
Spell : kuh n-fahy-ding
Phonetic Transcription : kənˈfaɪ dɪŋ

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Définition of confiding

Origin :
  • mid-15c., "to trust or have faith," from Latin confidere "to trust in, rely firmly upon, believe" (see confidence). Meaning "to share a secret with" is from 1735; phrase confide in (someone) is from 1888. Related: Confided; confiding.
  • verb divulge information
  • verb entrust
Example sentences :
  • Thank you very much for coming to me and for confiding in me.
  • Extract from : « Her Father's Daughter » by Gene Stratton-Porter
  • Philip, with a confiding and grateful impulse, put his hand into Gawtrey's.
  • Extract from : « Night and Morning, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • And now, I don't mind your confiding in your friend Captain Fenton.
  • Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
  • Some may have a motive for confiding in us, towards whom we have no motive for confiding.
  • Extract from : « Reflections » by Francois Duc De La Rochefoucauld
  • History will some day do him justice, for he was good, humane, and confiding.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • You have imposed upon a nature which you knew to be confiding and unsuspicious.
  • Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens
  • In Virginia the error of confiding on the militia, soon 101 became apparent.
  • Extract from : « Chronicles of Border Warfare » by Alexander Scott Withers
  • He hardly heard the words; but her tone was confiding, and she slipped her hand into his.
  • Extract from : « The Education of Eric Lane » by Stephen McKenna
  • It effectually deterred others from confiding in the English.
  • Extract from : « King Philip » by John S. C. (John Stevens Cabot) Abbott
  • In that confiding, I will gladly enquire with you into the nature of virtue.
  • Extract from : « Meno » by Plato

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