confidential communication

confidential communication   n.  A statement made to someone, such as one's physician, attorney, priest, or spouse, who cannot be legally compelled to divulge the information.

Main Entry: con·fi·den·tial communication
Pronunciation: "kän-f&-'den-ch&l-
Function: noun
: a communication between parties to a confidential relation (as husband and wife, attorney and client, or doctor and patient) such that the recipient of the communication has a privilege exempting him or her from disclosing it as a witness called also privileged communication