|  self-assurance 
 
 freedom from doubt;
 belief in yourself and your abilities
 - his assurance in his superiority did not make him popular
 - after that failure he lost his confidence
 - she spoke with authority
 • Syn:
 assurance, confidence, self-confidence, authority, sureness
 • Derivationally related forms:
 sure (for: sureness), self-confident (for: self-confidence), confident (for: confidence)
 • Hypernyms:
 certainty
 • Attrubites:
 certain, sure, uncertain, unsure, incertain
 
 
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