Meaning & use
Confided
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Told someone information in confidence, trusting them to keep it private.
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She confided her fears to her best friend before the surgery.
He confided that he was planning to resign next month.
A note on using this word
'Confide' comes from the Latin 'confidere,' meaning 'to trust fully,' the same root that gives us 'confidence' and 'confidant.'
Words with a similar meaning
discloseddivulged
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Words with an opposite meaning
concealed
Another way to use it
2. verb
Entrusted (something) to someone's care.
The estate was confided to the care of his eldest son.
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