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confidential

[kon-fi-den-shuh

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adjective

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

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

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

(of information, a document, etc.)

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

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

Origin:
1645–55; < Latin confīdenti(a) confidence + -al¹

Related forms

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

con·fi·den·tial·ly, adverb

non·con·fi·den·tial, adjective

non·con·fi·den·tial·ly, adverb

non·con·fi·den·tial·ness, noun

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non·con·fi·den·ti·al·i·ty, noun

qua·si-con·fi·den·tial, adjective

qua·si-con·fi·den·tial·ly, adverb

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

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Example Sentences

The bank was not named in the report, even in the previously confidential part released this week.

Confidential letters of recommendation must also be submitted via the online system.

Confidential information is, by definition, confidential.

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The bank was not named in the report, even in the previously confidential part released this week.

Confidential letters of recommendation must also be submitted via the online system.

Confidential information is, by definition, confidential.

Imagine you are a government official with confidential messages to send.

Benson was fired for disclosing confidential information about the company.

Applications, nominations and inquiries will be kept strictly confidential.

Hope that this will slake their thirst enough that confidential matters essential for national security remain confidential.

No one knows, because it was a confidential meeting.

The private investigators charged various amounts to their clients for the confidential information.

Please also arrange to have three confidential letters of recommendation sent under separate cover.

He rewarded them generously for confidential information.

Confidential data is therefore compromised, he said.

All applications and nominations will be considered confidential.

Firms will have the right to keep some information about products confidential.

Cuban with nonpublic information after he promised to keep the information confidential.

Nominations and applications will be kept strictly confidential.

In addition, confidential personnel files will be made public.

All nominations and applications shall be confidential.

Opponents say such partnerships will lead to conflicts of interest and to leaks of confidential information.

If banks bought the insurance, then the information they gave their insurer would be confidential.

The company had promised buyers that any information acquired would remain confidential.

Hackers have breached its online service, exposing mountains of confidential customer data to potential mischief.

Now if you're arguing that it was confidential for her sake then that is false.

First, the information about their income is confidential and available only to other bureaucrats.

When discussing confidential business ideas with investors, customers, or other.

We will be happy to provide you with a complimentary, confidential illustration.

Applicants must submit email addresses of each confidential letter writer upon.

Suspend disbelief for a moment and imagine that you have agreed, as a secret agent in some confidential military.

Both sides in the case agreed to keep the terms of the settlement confidential.

The two sides have agreed to keep confidential the terms of the settlement.

What happened is akin to breaking into a lawyer's office and opening confidential files cabinets with a crow bar.

The use of confidential informants is a mainstay of law-enforcement investigations.

The dueling claims are the result of the confidential nature of the proceedings.

Too soon yet to lodge any meaningful comment as this is only a hint that a supposedly confidential report.

But they're sending you confidential data over the air through a broadcast system.

All applications and nominations will be considered highly confidential.

Staggers gave railways freedom to charge market rates, enter confidential contracts with shippers and run trains as they liked.

All applications will be treated as confidential and references will not be contacted without the candidate's prior knowledge.

Negotiating parties would give the software confidential information on their bargaining positions after each round of talks.

Confidential inquiries, nominations, referrals and resumes with cover letters should be sent in confidence to:.

Especially when the letters are open and not confidential.

We suggest that you exercise caution when deciding to disclose any personal or confidential information in an e-mail message.

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Collins

World English Dictionary

confidential (ˌkɒnfɪˈdɛnʃəl)

—*adj*
1.	spoken, written, or given in confidence; secret; private
2.	entrusted with another's confidence or secret affairs: a confidential secretary
3.	suggestive of or denoting intimacy: a confidential approach

confidenti'ality

—n

confi'dentialness

—n

confi'dentially

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

confidential

1759, from L. confidentia (see confidence) + -al (1). Related: Confidentiality; confidentially.

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