confide
/icons/point.icon COMMIT, ENTRUST, CONFIDE, CONSIGN, RELEGATE mean to assign to a person or place for a definite purpose.
COMMIT may express the general idea of delivering into another's charge or the special sense of transferring to a superior power or to a special place of custody.
e.g. committed the felon to prison
ENTRUST implies committing with trust and confidence.
e.g. the president is entrusted with broad powers
CONFIDE implies entrusting with great assurance or reliance.
e.g. confided complete control of my affairs to my attorney
CONSIGN suggests removing from one's control with formality or finality.
e.g. consigned the damaging notes to the fire
RELEGATE implies a consigning to a particular class or sphere often with a suggestion of getting rid of.
e.g. relegated to an obscure position in the company
verb reporting verb
tell someone about a secret or private matter while trusting them not to repeat it to others:
(信頼して)Aに(秘密などを)打ち明ける
e.g. he confided his fears to his mother
e.g. “I have been afraid,” she confided
e.g. the judge confided that he had been swayed by the sister of the accused.
no object (confide in) trust (someone) enough to tell them of a secret or private matter:
〖～ in A〗 A〈人〉を信頼する
e.g. he confided in friends that he and his wife planned to separate.
(confide something to) dated entrust something to (someone) for safekeeping:
｟かたく｠ 【信頼している人に】〈大事なもの･仕事など〉を任せる, ゆだねる, 託す «to»
e.g. the property of others confided to their care was unjustifiably risked.
ORIGIN
late Middle English (in the sense ‘place trust (in’)): from Latin confidere ‘have full trust’. The sense ‘impart as a secret’ dates from the mid 18th century.