confidential

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con⋅fi⋅den⋅tial

[kon-fi-den-shuh

–adjective

1.	spoken, written, acted on, etc., in strict privacy or secrecy; secret: a confidential remark.

2.	indicating confidence or intimacy; imparting private matters: a confidential tone of voice.

3.	having another's trust or confidence; entrusted with secrets or private affairs: a confidential secretary.

(of information, a document, etc.)

a.	bearing the classification confidential, usually being above restricted and below secret.

b.	limited to persons authorized to use information, documents, etc., so classified. Compare classification (def. 5).

Origin:
1645–55; < L confīdenti(a) confidence + -al ¹

Related forms:

con⋅fi⋅den⋅ti⋅al⋅i⋅ty, con⋅fi⋅den⋅tial⋅ness, noun

con⋅fi⋅den⋅tial⋅ly, adverb

Synonyms:
1. restricted, private. 2. intimate, familiar. 3. trusted, trustworthy, private. See familiar.

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con·fi·den·tial (kŏn'fĭ-děn'shəl)

adj.

Done or communicated in confidence; secret.
Entrusted with the confidence of another: a confidential secretary.
Denoting confidence or intimacy: a confidential tone of voice.
Containing information, the unauthorized disclosure of which poses a threat to national security.

con'fi·den'ti·al'i·ty (-shē-āl'ĭ-tē), con'fi·den'tial·ness n., con'fi·den'tial·ly adv.

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