diffīdentĭa (noun F) : diffido
* Want of confidence, mistrust, distrust, diffidence (class.).—Without gen.: fidentiae contrarium est diffidentia,Cic. Inv. 2, 54, 165; cf. id. Tusc. 4, 37, 80; so Quint. 5, 7, 1; 8 prooem. § 27; 9, 2, 72; Ov. R. Am. 543 al.— With gen.: diffidentiam rei simulare,Sall. J. 60, 5: memoriae,Quint. 11, 3, 142: causae,Plin. Ep. 5, 1, 7: praesentium,Tac. H. 1, 72: copiarum,Suet. Oth. 9 al.—With a dependent clause (cf. diffido, no. β: non tam diffidentiā, futurum quae imperavisset, quam, etc.,Sall. J. 100, 4.
* Want of faith, disobedience (eccl. Lat.): ira Dei in filios diffidentiae,Vulg. Ephes. 5, 6.

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