inconfidence
nounEtymology From in- + confidence.
1
Rare Lack of confidence; mistrust.
- When coming first among these Indians in October, 1879, we found, instead of tribal unity and co-operation, schisms, jealousies, inconfidence, dissatisfaction, and pleasure manifested in revolutionary rather than in progressive tendencies.1880, Annual report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, United States. Office of Indian Affairs, page 119: