Vote Of Confidence Definition

noun
A public expression of support, specif. as by a legislative body for a public official.
Webster's New World

A motion proposed in a parliament or other assembly to give members the chance to express their confidence in a government; sometimes proposed by a government to counter a vote of no confidence proposed by the opposition; defeat would lead to the resignation of the government.

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(informal, by extension) Any indication of confidence in another.
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Other Word Forms of Vote Of Confidence

Noun

Singular:
vote of confidence
Plural:
votes-of-confidence

Vote Of Confidence Sentence Examples

  • But in the midst of these accusations (February 1876), the largest and most representative Congregational council ever held in the United States gave expression to a vote of confidence in him, which time has absolutely justified.

  • An interpellation can be brought on without the consent of the minister to be attacked; it is usually made the subject of a general debate, and generally ends with a vote of confidence or want of confidence in the ministry.

  • A ministerial crisis followed; Maura resigned; and though the elections to the senate resulted in a large Conservative majority, and though in the lower house a vote of confidence was carried by 183 to 81, Silvela himself resigned shortly afterwards.

  • He does not have to take a vote of confidence from the newly elected parliament.

  • More important than the cash is the vote of confidence that comes with it.

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