the support of more than half the members on the floor of the House

early 15c., from Middle French confidence or directly from Latin confidentia, from confidentem (nominative confidens) "firmly trusting, bold," present participle of confidere "to have f [..]

belief or trust in something.

the support of more than half the members of the House of Representatives for the government, which may be shown by voting on a particular major issue

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 hi [..]

n. The state or feeling of trust in or reliance upon another.

A measure of the security of a trusted function, or a set of trusted functions, as calculated by a competent authority [CESG]. Note: For HMG purposes, the Head of the Certification Body of the UK Scheme is the "competent authority". See also: Assurance, Confidence Level .

Support for the government by the majority of the members of parliament. Back to top

The ability of the Government to command the support of a majority of members in the House. If the Government loses the confidence of the House another party could seek to form a Government or a gener [..]

A vote on a motion that determines whether the Government has the confidence of the House. Confidence votes usually arise from the Address in Reply, an Appropriation Bill, or an Imprest Supply Bill.

A statistical measure of uncertainty.

  A government must maintain the ‘confidence’ of the lower house of parliament; this means that the government relies on the support of a majority of members in the House of Commons or a provincial assembly to stay in office.  A ‘loss of confidence’ means that a government has lost control of a majority of seats in the lower house of parliament and [..]

(n) freedom from doubt; belief in yourself and your abilities(n) a feeling of trust (in someone or something)(n) a state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable(n) a trustful relationsh [..]

The validity of a finding based on the type, amount, quality, and consistency of evidence (e.g. mechanistic understanding, theory, data, models, expert judgment) and on the degree of agreement

A measure of how reliable a piece of information is. For the Travel Midwest web site, information provided by government agencies (transportation departments, police dispatch agencies, etc.) is deemed to have a high confidence, while unconfirmed reports from citizens (for example, from *999) are deemed to initially have low confidence until is it c [..]

the level of confidence in the prediction that the ecosystem is using groundwater as opposed to other water sources such as soil water or surface water[20]

Passive self-assurance. Expression or feeling of certainty. The quality of trusting. Information held in secret.