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confidence collapse: a secret that is confided or entrusted to another; "everyone trusted him with their confidences"; "the priest could not reveal her confidences"; a feeling of trust (in someone or something); "I have confidence in our team"; "confidence is always borrowed, never owned"; a trustful relationship; "he took me into his confidence"; "he betrayed their trust"; a state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable; "public confidence in the economy"

promise collapse: grounds for feeling hopeful about the future; "there is little or no promise that he will recover"; a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future; make a promise or commitment; promise to undertake or give; "I promise you my best effort"; give grounds for expectations; "The new results were promising"; "The results promised fame and glory"

stymie collapse: a thwarting and distressing situation; a situation in golf where an opponent's ball blocks the line between your ball and the hole

unanticipated collapse: not anticipated; "unanticipated and disconcerting lines of development"- H.W.Glidden; "unforeseen circumstances"; "a virtue unlooked-for in people so full of energy"; "like a bolt out of the blue"

hopefully collapse: it is hoped; "hopefully the weather will be fine on Sunday"; with hope; in a hopeful manner; "we searched hopefully for a good position"

prospect collapse: the possibility of future success; "his prospects as a writer are excellent"; explore for useful or valuable things or substances, such as minerals; search for something desirable; "prospect a job"

Waterloo collapse: the battle on 18 June 1815 in which Prussian and British forces under Blucher and the Duke of Wellington routed the French forces under Napoleon; a final crushing defeat; "he met his waterloo"; a town in central Belgium where in 1815 Napoleon met his final defeat

dissatisfaction collapse: the feeling of being displeased and discontent; "he was never slow to express his dissatisfaction with the service he received"

unsurprised collapse: not surprised or expressing surprise; "that unsuprised obstinate look on his face"

determinism collapse: (philosophy) a philosophical theory holding that all events are inevitable consequences of antecedent sufficient causes; often understood as denying the possibility of free will

foil collapse: a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button; a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal; "the photographic film was wrapped in foil"; picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector; anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities; "pretty girls like plain friends as foils"; cover or back with foil; "foil mirrors"; enhance by contrast; "In this picture, the figures are foiled against the background"

hope collapse: one of the three Christian virtues; a specific instance of feeling hopeful; "it revived their hope of winning the pennant"; the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled; "in spite of his troubles he never gave up hope"; someone (or something) on which expectations are centered; "he was their best hope for a victory"; United States comedian (born in England) who appeared in films with Bing Crosby (1903-2003); intend with some possibility of fulfilment; "I hope to have finished this work by tomorrow evening"; be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes; "I am still hoping that all will turn out well"; expect and wish; "I trust you will behave better from now on"; "I hope she understands that she cannot expect a raise"

offing collapse: the part of the sea that can be seen from the shore and is beyond the anchoring area; "there was a ship in the offing"; the near or foreseeable future; "there was a wedding in the offing"

liability collapse: the quality of being something that holds you back; the state of being legally obliged and responsible

outfight collapse: to fight better than; get the better of; "the Rangers outfought the Maple Leafs"; "The French forces outfought the Germans"

improbable collapse: too improbable to admit of belief; "a tall story"; not likely to be true or to occur or to have occurred; "legislation on the question is highly unlikely"; "an improbable event"; having a probability too low to inspire belief

crystal ball collapse: a glass or crystal globe used in crystal gazing by fortunetellers

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