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Words to Learn 309 Related Wordconfide (verb) Don’t confide in people who gossip.NOTE: (1) Don’t confuse confidant with confident. Confident meanssure of oneself. (2) The word confidante (with an e) refers specificallyto a woman who is trusted with secrets. However, confidant is nowgenerally used as both the male and female form.Rosemary toldher confidantabout her plansto elope.Courtesy author5. defiant (adjective) d˘-f¯əntFrom Latin: dis- (not) fid (faith) (This word underwent aspelling change from dis- to de- as it came through French.)refusing to follow orders or rules; resisting boldlyCopyright © Cengage Learning. All Right Reserved.The defiant player refused to follow the coach’s trainingrules. Related Wordsdefiance (noun) The lung cancer patient continued to smoke indefiance of his doctor’s orders.defy (verb) (d˘-f¯) Ashanti defied her landlord’s rules on pets bykeeping a cat in her apartment.6. fidelity (noun) f˘-dĕl˘-tēFrom Latin: fid (faith)a. faithfulness to obligation or dutyMamed showed his fidelity to his mother by caring forher in her old age.Sexual fidelity is important to a marriage.