| Definition/Meaning | Word/Phrase |
|---|
| right of a lawyer to refuse to divulge confidential information from his client |
attorney-client privilege
|
| one who reveals confidential information in return for money |
betrayer
,
blabber
,
informer
,
rat
,
squealer
|
| confidential or secret meeting |
conclave
|
| responsibility of a confidential adviser to act in the best interest of the advisee |
confidential adviser-advisee relation
|
| true confidential information |
details
,
inside information
|
| neither spouse can divulge confidential communications from the other while they were married |
husband-wife privilege
,
marital communications privilege
|
| buying or selling corporate stock by a corporate officer or other insider on the basis of information that has not been made public and is supposed to remain confidential |
insider trading
|
| right of a journalist to refuse to divulge sources of confidential information |
journalist's privilege
|
| unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information |
leak
,
news leak
|
| report or open letter giving informal or confidential news of interest to a special group |
newsletter
,
newssheet
|
| right of a physician to refuse to divulge confidential information from a patient without the consent of the patient |
physician-patient privilege
|
| right of a clergyman to refuse to divulge confidential information received from a person during confession or similar exchanges |
priest-penitent privilege
|
| (law) the right to refuse to divulge information obtained in a confidential relationship |
privilege
|
| confidential information about a topic or person |
skinny
|
| confidential conversation |
tête-à-tête
|
