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ar⋅ro⋅gance:  [ar-uh-guhns]
–noun
offensive display of superiority or self-importance; overbearing pride.
Also, ar⋅ro⋅gan⋅cy.

Origin:
1275–1325

Synonyms:
haughtiness, insolence, disdain.

Antonyms:
humility, modesty, diffidence.

con⋅fi⋅dence   [kon-fi-duhns]

–noun
1. full trust; belief in the powers, trustworthiness, or reliability of a person or thing: We have every confidence in their ability to succeed.
2. belief in oneself and one's powers or abilities; self-confidence; self-reliance; assurance: His lack of confidence defeated him.
3. certitude; assurance: He described the situation with such confidence that the audience believed him completely.
4. a confidential communication: to exchange confidences.
5. (esp. in European politics) the wish to retain an incumbent government in office, as shown by a vote in a particular issue: a vote of confidence.
6. presumption; impudence: Her disdainful look crushed the confidence of the brash young man.
7. Archaic. something that gives confidence; ground of trust.
—Idiom
8. in confidence, as a secret or private matter, not to be divulged or communicated to others; with belief in a person's sense of discretion: I told him in confidence.
Origin:
1350–1400

Synonyms:
1. faith, reliance, dependence. See trust. 2. Confidence, assurance both imply a faith in oneself. Confidence may imply trust in oneself or arrogant self-conceit. Assurance implies even more sureness of oneself; this may be shown as undisturbed calm or as offensive boastfulness.

Antonyms:
1. mistrust.

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