Confidential

//ˌkɑːnfɪˈdɛnʃl// adj

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Kept, or meant to be kept, secret within a certain circle of persons; not intended to be known publicly

    "The newspaper claims a leaked confidential report by the government admits to problems with corrupt MPs."

  2. 2
    Inclined to share confidences; (of things) making people inclined to share confidences; involving the sharing of confidences. dated

    "Sitting in front of the fire, they became quite confidential, and began to gossip."

  3. 3
    Having someone's confidence or trust; having a position requiring trust; worthy of being trusted with confidences. dated

    "a confidential agent; a confidential servant; a confidential whisper"

Adjective
  1. 1
    the level of official classification for documents next above restricted and below secret; available only to persons authorized to see documents so classified wordnet
  2. 2
    denoting confidence or intimacy wordnet
  3. 3
    (of information) given in confidence or in secret wordnet
  4. 4
    entrusted with private information and the confidence of another wordnet

Etymology

From Latin confidentia + -al.

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