Confidence
Confidence noun - Great faith in oneself or one's abilities.
Knowledge and confidence are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Knowledge" instead a noun "Confidence".
Knowledge
Knowledge noun - A body of facts learned by study or experience.
Confidence and knowledge are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Confidence" instead a noun "Knowledge".
Nearby Word: knowledgeable
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It's this knowledge and confidence in his own abilities that allows him to successfully calculate that he won't be able to reach the two alternate runways and make a water landing in the Hudson instead.
Source: Film / Sully -
Fish out of Water: Simon is nervous and uncomfortable and damned near useless most of the time, so it is surprising when he has a complete personality flip and is suddenly the person with all the knowledge and confidence whenever there is a medical emergency.
Source: Series / Firefly -
His Mind Probe of Rey not only truly awakened her to her own Force potential, but unsettled Ren enough to leave her almost completely unguarded, and gave Rey the knowledge and confidence she needed to (eventually) successfully pull a Jedi Mind Trick on her lone guard, allowing her to escape.
Source: Film / The Force Awakens
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