inconfidence

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English

Etymology

From in- +‎ confidence.

Noun

inconfidence (uncountable)

  1. (rare) Lack of confidence; mistrust.
    • 1880, Annual report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, United States. Office of Indian Affairs, page 119:
      When coming first among these Indians in October, 1879, we found, instead of tribal unity and co-operation, schisms, jealousies, inconfidence, dissatisfaction, and pleasure manifested in revolutionary rather than in progressive tendencies.