confidence, n.f., confidence, secrecy, secret, disclosure; trust (of benefices). Être dans la — de quelqu’un; to be in any one’s confidence. Il était dans la —; he was in the secret. Un échange de —s; an exchange of secrets. Faire une — à quelqu’un; to tell a secret to any one; to take any one into one’s confidence. Faire une — fausse; to make a pretended disclosure. Tenir un bénéfice en —; to hold a living in trust.

confident, n.m., -e, n.f., confident, confidant, confidante.

confidentiaire (-ci-), n.m., one who holds a living in trust.

confidentiel, -le (-ci-), adj., confidential.

confidentiellement (-ci-), adv., confidentially.

confier, v.a., to confide, to intrust, to commit to; to tell in confidence.

se confier, v.r., to trust in; to place reliance on; to unbosom one’s self to. Se — en ses forces; to trust to one’s own strength. Je me confie à vous; I trust you.

configuration, n.f., configuration, form, shape.

configurer, v.a., (l.u.) to configurate, to form, to shape.

confinement, n.m., (jur.) confinement, imprisonment.